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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.
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.
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 south of ...
Plas Newydd may refer to: Plas Newydd (Anglesey) , a historic house and garden on Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom Plas Newydd, Llangollen , a historic house and garden in Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Llangollen (Welsh: [ɬaŋˈɡɔɬɛn] ⓘ) is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales.Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the easternmost point of the Dee Valley Way being within the town.
See more images Perthewig Trefnant SJ0650871060 53°13′42″N 3°24′07″W / 53.228344817149°N 3.4019685915242°W / 53.228344817149; -3.4019685915242 (Perthewig) 30 January 1968 Set in fields approximately 1.5km E of Trefnant village, within a farm group and set back behind cock-and-hen coped rubble forecourt walls; accessed via a long, unmetalled track running W from the ...
In 2014, Llangollen, the Ladies and Plas Newydd were featured in the introductory sequence of the BBC property buying series Escape to the Country, series 22, episode 21, North Wales. [23] In February 2016, the Ladies of Llangollen were featured in episode 7 of series 3 of Mysteries at the Castle on the Travel Channel. [24]
Bones were found here in 1754, and along with Plas Newydd Burial Chambers (AN005) it was included in the first Ancient Monuments Act in 1882. It was excavated by W J Hemp in 1929–35, and Neolithic pottery appeared to lie under and in front of the mound, suggesting a settlement predating its use as a burial site.