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Dimlands Castle
The story
History of Dimlands Castle
Dimlands (also known as Dimland Castle or Dimland Lodge) was a small scale, gentry house on the north side of St Donats Road about 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales.
United Kingdom · the Vale of Glamorgan
- Built
- 18th century
- Era
- Baroque
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- the Vale of Glamorgan
- UNESCO
- —
- Coordinates
- 51.406, -3.501
In depth
The fuller history
The site was previously occupied by the fortress of Iestyn ap Gwrgant, lord of Glamorgan and the last ruler of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg; its fields are still known as Caer Wrgan ("Wrganstown"). The property was held by the Nicholl family since the time of King Henry VII. Dimlands was built by Rev. Robert Nicholl Carne at the end of the 18th century upon land left him by his father, Whitlock Nicholl, of The Ham, High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1746.
Key dates
- 1849Upon Robert's death in 1849, his younger son, John Whitlock Nicholl Carne of the University of Oxford, inherited Dimlands, and the 1850 improvements are attributed to him
- 1853Burke, in 1853, described them as consisting of sharp, pointed gables, which are finished off at the top with the Carne crest, cut in freestone, incorporating a split pelican issuing out of a ducal coronet.
- 1948The main house was destroyed by fire in 1948.
Historical summary drawn from Wikipedia. Read the full article.
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