Aberpergwm House, Glyn-neath, Neath Port Talbot

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7437 / 51°44'37"N

Longitude: -3.6425 / 3°38'32"W

OS Eastings: 286698

OS Northings: 206279

OS Grid: SN866062

Mapcode National: GBR H9.1BJ6

Mapcode Global: VH5GB.TF7M

Plus Code: 9C3RP9V5+F2

Entry Name: Aberpergwm House

Listing Date: 19 September 1969

Last Amended: 30 January 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11769

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300011769

Location: On the W side of Glynneath, reached by a drive NW off the B4242.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Town: Neath

Community: Glynneath (Glyn-nedd)

Community: Glynneath

Locality: Aberpergwm

Built-Up Area: Glyn-neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Country house

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History

Ruins of a large mansion of possibly medieval to C19 date, abandoned in later C20. Neuadd Pergwm was celebrated by bards in the C15-16, and was owned from c. 1560 by the Williams family formerly of Blaen Baglan. The house had a central pediment and crenellations in the mid C19 before large additions were made in 1876 for M. S. Williams who added a new front range with neo-Elizabethan detail and long gallery on top floor. Leased to the National Coal Board who mined in the park, abandoned and derelict, the roofs and upper floor collapsed.

Exterior

Ruins of a large mansion, abandoned and derelict, the roofs and upper floor collapsed. Windows with painted surround on 2 levels of ruined facade with hoodmoulds to ground floor. Chimneys to N end.

Interior

Not inspected.

Reasons for Listing

Included as the ruins of an important South Wales gentry house.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Gates across driveway at Aberpergwm House
Reached along driveway past Church of Saint Cadoc to NW of B4242.
II Memorial to Jane Williams in the churchyarde of the Church of Saint Cadoc
Immediately to NW of the Church of Saint Cadoc at edge of churchyard; set in railed enclosure.
II* Church of Saint Cadoc
Set in a small churchyard to SE of the ruins of Aberpergwm House; reached from the main drive to the house which leads off the main road SW of Glynneath.
II Gate and railings and churchyard wall to SE of Church of St Cadoc
Churchyard wall to SE and railings to E and NE of Church of Saint Cadoc.
II Bridge, gatepiers and railings at S end of Manor Drive
At the SE end of the drive to Aberpergwm House near its junction with the B4242.
II Aberpergwm Aqueduct over Neath Canal
Crossing the Neath Canal on the N side of the B4242 some 600 W of its junction with Chain Road.
II Bridge at lock on Neath Canal N of Yscwrfa Bridge
Situated some 1km W of Glynneath on the N side of the B4242 just N of Yscwrfa Bridge.
II Limekiln to SE of Maes-Gwyn Lock on Neath Canal
On the SE side of the Neath Canal some 600m W of Cwmgwrach and approximately 70m E of Maes-gwyn.

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Aberpergwm House

A Grade II Listed Building in Glyn-neath, Neath Port Talbot