Kilvrough Manor

Kilvrough Manor

Kilvrough Manor is a large country house near Swansea. It is a Grade II* listed building.

History

The house was built for Rowland Dawkin, a member of the Gower family, in 1585.[1] In 1820, Major Thomas Penrice of Great Yarmouth acquired the manor: in June 1831 he was ordered by the Marquess of Bute, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, to tackle civil unrest associated with the Reform Bill.[2] To his huge embarrassment, Penrice and his Yeomanry troops were disarmed by a large mob of rioters and, following an official inquiry, the local Yeomanry unit was re-organised by the Government.[3] The house passed to Penrice's nephew and, through the nephew's daughter, to the Lyons family.[3] Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Lyons died there in 1908.[4] In the 1930s it was bought by Arthur Thomas, a Swansea businessman, and in 1949 it was bought by the Oxfordshire Education Committee.[5] It is now an outdoor learning centre.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 20. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 21. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 23. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sir Algernon Lyons". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 24. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kilvrough Manor". Oxfordshire Education Committee. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

Coordinates: 51°35′05″N 4°04′47″W / 51.58471°N 4.07960°W / 51.58471; -4.07960

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