Cyfarthfa Castle
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Cyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The house commanded a view of the valley and the
Front view of Cyfarthfa Castle
Cyfarthfa Castle, c.1840
Cyfarthfa Castle, commissioned in 1819 by the ironmaster William Crawshay
Rose Mary Crawshay
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Rose Mary Crawshay was a British philanthropist. She commissioned free libraries and a non-fiction prize for women.
Cyfarthfa Castle
…II, and built at a cost of approximately £30,000 using locally quarried stone. The castle has 15 towers and 72 rooms. The mistress of the house was Rose Mary Crawshay from 1846 to the death of her husband in 1889. She lived until 1907 but made her home elsewhere. The castle was sold in 1908 to the local council, who…
in the 1870s