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Plas Newydd (Welsh for 'new hall') is a country house set in gardens, parkland and surrounding woodland on the north bank of the Menai Strait, in Llanddaniel Fab, near Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales. The current building has its origins in 1470, and evolved over the centuries to become one of Anglesey's principal residences.
Plas Newydd Engraving of Plas Newydd in 1840, by W.L. Walton (fl. 1834–1855).. Plas Newydd (/ p l æ s ˈ n oʊ ɪ ð /, Welsh pronunciation: [ˈplaːs ˈnɛu̯ɨð]; "new hall" or "new mansion") is a historic house in the town of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, and was the home of the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, for nearly 50 years.
Garden: Garden [44] The gardens of Plas Newydd are now a public park in Llangollen, which contain most of the surviving structures of the late 18th–early 19th century gardens of the Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby) in the Picturesque style. The gardens date to between 1780 and 1831, and are to the north-east, east and ...
Plas Newydd may refer to: Plas Newydd (Anglesey), a historic house and garden on Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom; Plas Newydd, ...
Park, country house garden and walled garden [29] [30] [31] The Georgian mansion was completed in 1754. The park and gardens are thought to be contemporary with this but with nineteenth century alterations made to the park. The house and several nearby buildings are listed, as are the gates and lodges at the south and north-east entrances. [32] II
Plas Newydd remained in the possession of the Paget family until 1976, when it was donated to the National Trust. Today, the house and gardens are open to the public, and the house contains an art collection that includes a number of photographs of the 5th Marquess in theatrical costume. [13] [14]
Plas Newydd is now a museum run by Denbighshire County Council. [15] Butler's Hill, near Plas Newydd, is named in honour of Eleanor Butler. The Ponsonby Arms public house, a Grade II listed building on Mill Street in Llangollen, [16] claims to take its name from Sarah Ponsonby. [17]
Plas Newyd, Anglesey: ... View of the house and ships on the Menai Strait. Date: circa 1790 ... Plas Newydd (Anglesey) User:Sic19/Prints in the Welsh Landscape ...