Tredegar House
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Tredegar House is a 17th-century Charles II-era country house in Coedkernew, on the southwestern edge of Newport, Wales. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, later Lords Trede
"The most splendid brick house of the 17th century in Wales."
Workmen on the grounds of Tredegar House, 1795
A view of the remaining wing of Sir John Morgan's Tudor Manor House (right) from the Cedar Garden.
A view of the inward-facing side of the Tudor wing from the courtyard.
William Morgan was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1659 and 1680.
Tredegar House
…appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica 1664–65. During the civil war and after the Battle of Naseby, Charles I visited Tredegar House in 1645. In 1661 William Morgan (d.1680) rebuilt the house on a very grand scale, with the help of the huge dowry of his wife, Blanche Morgan. Their fortunes continued to flourish…
Tredegar House