Introduction
Glynhir is an early- to mid-19th-century garden. Features include a dovecot, canal, walled garden, ice house and woodland garden with picturesque walks. The picturesque bridges over the waterfall on the river Loughor (Llwchwr) have now disappeared.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Dy)9(CAM)
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: dovecot
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Glynhir mansion
- Grade: II
Features
- Mansion House (featured building)
- Description: The original parts of the building date from the late-17th century, with modifications in the late-18th and the 19th centuries.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Dovecote
- Canal
- Planting
- Description: There is a walled garden.
- Icehouse
- Walk
- Description: There is a woodland garden with picturesque walks.
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Commercial
Survival
Part: standing remains
Hectares
25
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Llandybie
- References
References
- CADW, {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire} (Cardiff: CADW, 2002) 22 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire
- Nicholas, T., {Annals and Antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales, Vol. 1} (London, 1872) 284 Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales: 1st volume
- Jones, F., {Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their Families} (Carmarthen: Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society, 1987) 82-3 Historic Carmarthenshire homes and their families
- Wiliam, E., {The Historical Farm Buildings of Wales} (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1982) 34 The Historical Farm Buildings of Wales