Brogyntyn

Brogyntyn

Brogyntyn is a mansion to the north-west of Oswestry in Shropshire, England.

History

It was a residence of members of the princely dynasty of the Welsh kingdom of Powys and one of the taî'r uchelwyr (houses of the gentry) in late medieval Wales. *

It subsequently came into the possession of the Ormsby-Gore family (Lord Harlech). Its English correspondent is sometimes given as Porkington.

A manuscript known to have been in the possession of Brogyntyn in 1574 was a copy of the Hanes Gruf(f)udd ab Cynan.

The house itself is of brick dating from circa 1730 refaced and much added to in 1811 and subsequently. It is noted for a portico of four giant unfluted Ionic columns with scrolls and pediment. Outside can be seen an arch with 2 pairs of unfluted Ionic columns.

In the entrance hall survives an elaborately carved fireplace dated 1617.

References:

The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, Volume II Prose, London 1801, p.605.

N. Pevsner, Shropshire (The Buildings of England), Penguin 1958.

External Links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3099301 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Brogyntyn and surrounding area today]


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