Newton House (Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire)

"Newton House" redirects here. For other uses, see Newton House (disambiguation).

Part of the formal gardens at the house

View of the Tywi valley from the battlements of Dinefwr Castle

Newton House is owned and maintained by the National Trust, and is situated in Dinefwr Park, also known as Dynefor Park. Within the grounds are the remains of Dinefwr Castle, which is maintained by Cadw. It lies close to the centre of the market town of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, South Wales.

It was formerly the main residence of the family of the Rice (Rhys) family, elevated to the English peerage as Baron (Lord) Dynevor.^[1] The residence had been restored to what it would have been as an estate house of the later Victorian era into the early Edwardian period.

Park and garden

It is surrounded by a deer park which was landscaped by Capability Brown. A small garden behind the house has been restored to its former glory, and overlooks the deer park. The garden is styled under Moorish influence with a central fountain surrounded by walks. It helps to soften the rather severe Gothic style of the building (which itself owes its present style to a Victorian restoration of an earlier Georgian house). As a supposedly paranormally active building, the property will be the subject of an investigation in the forthcoming 11th series of the Most Haunted programme.

See also

• Cadw
• National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
• List of National Trust properties in Wales

References

1. ^ The British gazeteer: Political, Commercial, Ecclesiastical, and Historical, Volume III, L-Z, Published 1852, by H.G. Collins, Paternoter Row, London.

External links

• Dinefwr Park and Castle - National Trust, includes Newton House
• Details of Newton House at Carmarthenshire County Borough
• Virtual Globetrotting - Newton House's Aerial View

Coordinates: 51°53′03″N 4°00′53″W / 51.8841°N 4.0147°W / 51.8841; -4.0147