Llanerchaeron

Llanerchaeron is a mansion on the River Aeron, designed and built in the 1790s by John Nash for Colonel William Lewis as a model, self-sufficient farm complex. The estate is now in the care of the National Trust. It is located near Ciliau Aeron, some 2½ miles south-east of Aberaeron. The neighbouring church of St Non's--also designed by Nash--has registers of baptisms and burials dating from 1730 and marriages from 1754 [Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1895, cited at [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/LlannerchAeron/Kellys1895.html GENUKI: Llannerch Aeron - Kelly's Directory 1895] ] .

ervice facilities

What gives Llanerchaeron its unique historical value is the fact that later owners allowed the farm and household service outbuildings to languish out of use, with no attempt to demolish or renovate them. As a result, we can clearly see exactly where and how essential tasks were performed with considerable attention to quality standards, and often aided by advanced technology, including electricity generated by a water-wheel.

The service facilities include a large laundry and linen-care room, spaces for brewing (pictured), butter and cheese making, preparation and salting or smoking of meat and fish, preservation of fruits and vegetables and a full range of crafts. The estate employed carpenters and a full-time stonemason who designed and built whole buildings as well as overseeing the construction of walls, drying platforms and other farm requisites.

It is greatly to the credit of the National Trust that it was prepared to accept the donation of this estate in a condition which required enormous man-hours and material resources to restore to its present pleasing and instructive state.

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External links

* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-llanerchaeron/ Llanerchaeron information at the National Trust]