Penrice Castle
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Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. The mansion is a Grade I listed building, and t
The 18th-century mansion (left) and the remains of the castle (right)
Hancorne family
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The Hancorne family were a prominent landed family living chiefly in the English counties of Warwickshire and Herefordshire, and the Welsh counties of Breconshire and Glamorgan, between the Caroline e
Penrice Castle
…can be seen from the footpath that runs past the 18th-century mansion on the estate (), immediately to the south. It entered into the possession of Edward Hancorne following his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Mansel of Penrice Castle, in 1707. His eldest son Thomas inherited the lands upon his father's…
Penrice Castle, Glamorganshire, c.1760