Maesmawr
LocationLlandinam, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Coordinates52°30′59″N 3°24′51″W / 52.5163°N 3.4142°W / 52.5163; -3.4142
OS grid referenceSO0404691916
Built17th/Early 18th century
Restored1873-5
Restored byWilliam Eden Nesfield
Architectural style(s)Timber framed Lobby Entrance Severn Valley House
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated3 October 1953
Reference no.7572
Maesmawr Hall is located in Powys
Maesmawr Hall
Location in Montgomeryshire

Maesmawr Hall is a historic timber-framed house, situated to the southeast of Caersws, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, which now forms part of Powys in Wales. It is currently run as a hotel. A long avenue approaches the front of the property from the south.[1]

History

The area around Maesmawr was occupied during Roman times. Due to its location near the banks of the River Severn, the Romans built a road through the area. A Welsh Long House was once located in the grounds.[2]

The hall has the date 1535 painted at the top of the gable over the porch, but this date is likely to be a fairly recent overpainting of the date, which was previously 1717. While the date of construction of Maes Mawr is uncertain, on stylistic grounds it is likely to be either late 17th century or early 18th century.[3] In the early 19th century, it became a notable sporting estate for shooting game.[4][5] In the 1870s, it was known to have been owned by John Pryce Davies and was owned for many years by his family, and by the Davies sisters in the 1900s.[6] In August 2008, the hall was purchased by John Garner and Nigel Humphryson.

Hotel

West wing added by William Eden Nesfield
West wing added by William Eden Nesfield

Today the hall is used as a hotel with 20 bedrooms and is often hired for wedding receptions, proms and social evenings. The original rooms from the 1535 building have the original beams and uneven floors. In the Victorian period, a wing was added to the hall; those rooms are larger and brighter.[7]

Reputed haunting

The hall has featured in the TV series Most Haunted[2] with reports of paranormal activity.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Collections Historical and Archeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and its Borders. 1884. p. 152.
  2. 1 2 "Most Haunted Crew Visits Maes Mawr Hall". Powys County Times. 9 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Smith P and Owen C E V., (1958) Traditional and Renaissance Elements in some late Stuart and early Georgian Half Timbered Houses in Arwystli Montgomeryshire Collections, Vol55, 101–124, esp.115–116
  4. ↑ "Maesmawr Hall". Maesmawr. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Maesmawr". Bettws Hall. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 943. ISBN 0-8063-1314-5.
  7. ↑ "Accommodation". Maesmawr. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Two Mid Wales Venues to Feature on TV's Most Haunted". Powys County Times. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.

Literature

  • Pryce T E, Half Timbered Houses of Montgomeryshire, Montgomeryshire Collections XVII. 1884 pp 152–157;
  • Smith P, and Owen, C E . Traditional and Renaissance Elements in some late Stuart and early Georgian Half-Timbered Houses in Arwystli Montgomeryshire Collections LV-LVI. 1957–60, pp 101–124. Plan at Fig. 4;
  • Smith P, Houses of the Welsh Countryside 1975, p 230 and Maps 10, 19, 30, 33, and 39;
  • Scourfield R and Haslam R, (2013) Buildings of Wales: Powys; Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire, 2nd edition, Yale University Press pp 92–3.
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