Penrice Castle
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Penrice Castle (
History
Penrice Castle is the 13th-century successor to a strong ringwork to the south east, known as the Mountybank. It was built by the de Penrice family, who were given land there for their part in the
The stone castle is a large, irregular
Edward Hancorne was granted ownership of the castle and its lands in 1708 by his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel. His eldest son Thomas inherited the lands upon his father's death.[1]
The mansion built in the 1770s by the
Information on the Penrice household and family in 1799–1806 and after appears in the published diaries and correspondence of a Scottish-born governess, Agnes Porter. This was collated by Joanna Martin, after finding the source materials in the castle attic in about 1973.[4]
The mansion is now inhabited by the Methuen-Campbell family, who are direct descendants of the de Penrices.
The name Penrice Castle was borne by Castle Class locomotive No. 5057 of the Great Western Railway. The name was transferred to locomotive No. 5081 in 1937 and further transferred to No. 7023 in 1949.
References
- ^ Statham, Edward Phillips. HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF MAUNSELL (MANSELL, MANSEL) (PDF). Anchor Press Ltd. p. 37.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ISBN 1852851643
Further reading
- I. Bignamini and C. Hornsby, Digging And Dealing In Eighteenth-Century Rome (2010), pp. 323–324
- RCAHMW, Glamorgan, Vol III, Pt (1b), The Later Castles (2000)
- The Penrice Letters, 1768–1795, ed. A. Martin (1993)
- J. Cornforth, "Penrice Castle, Glamorganshire", in Country Life (18 September 1975), pp. 694–697 and (25 September 1975) pp. 754–757
- A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (1882)
- Scholl, Andreas (1995). Die antiken Skulpturen in Farnborough Hall sowie in Althorp House, Blenheim Palace, Lyme Park und Penrice Castle. Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani Great Britain. Vol. 3, 7. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern. ISBN 3-8053-1738-7.