Plas Newydd, Llangollen

Tŷ-Mawr ‌‌ posted this on 8 Apr 2016

Plas NewyddPlas Newydd is a historic house in the town of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, and was the home of the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, for nearly 50 years. Today, it is run as a museum by Denbighshire County Council.

 

Client: Plas Newydd, Llangollen

Contractors: North West Stone Masonry Ltd

Products Supplied: Celenit Wood Wool Boards, Lime Hemp PlasterLime Top Coat (Internal Finish) Plaster 

 

The original cottage was expanded by the Ladies, and then again by subsequent owners in the 19th century. It is now returned to essentially the final structure left by the Ladies. Its most unusual feature is the profusion of pieces of reclaimed oak carvings collected by the Ladies and set in patchwork style over much of the wall areas of the house. 

Plas Newydd

These came from broken-up furniture or church fittings and range in date from the medieval to the Baroque, but with folk and "Jacobean" vernacular styles of shallow carved decoration predominating.

 

The house appeared in the 1989 BBC adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (one of the Narnia Chronicles written by C.S. Lewis). It was also used in a 1987 episode of the TV series Treasure Hunt and Antiques Road Trip in 2013.