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Old Beaupre Castle

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and by that time it was in a state of disrepair with only part of it still habitable. Nevertheless, there is some evidence that it continued to be at least partly occupied as various fireplaces and windows were blocked up, presumably to reduce the taxes payable. The southeastern block continues to be occupied up to the present time as a farmhouse and has a separate listing on the historic buildings register. The Courtyard of the Medieval castle was used in 2009 to film a battle for the Movie 'Ironclad'.
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This mansion dates from the sixteenth or seventeenth century but is built on remnants of a building dating from about 1300. It occupies a site about 100 metres (330 ft) long and 25 to 56 metres (82 to 184 ft) wide, orientated in a north/south direction. The building is arranged around three
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the Basset family fortunes went into decline. At the beginning of the 18th century, the Basset inheritance eventually passed to the Jones family. The Jones family decided not to settle in Beaupre Castle and chose to use the smaller and more convenient mansion of New Beaupre. Beaupre was sold in 1709,
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The range on the east side of the middle court has no roof and is four storeys high. Its southern elevation has a doorway at ground level on either end, three sets of four-light windows towards the right end and six pairs of two-light windows at the left end. The range on the west side of the middle
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Although called Old Beaupre Castle the structure is seen as a fortified manor house. The original house was an L-shaped building, now located within the inner courtyard, built circa 1300 and from this period until the 18th century it was owned by the Basset family. During the 16th century intensive
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courts, the fine gatehouse being on the south side connecting the outer to the middle court. The oldest part of the building is the south block where the original gatehouse can be seen to the left of the later one; this older entrance has a Tudor window inserted into the blocked arch.
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and the second tier bears the Basset family heraldic set on panels. Through the entrance porch is the fourteenth century great hall, now without a roof. The windows were probably enlarged in the sixteenth century but the fine, heraldic fireplace dates back to the fourteenth century.
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Beaupre Castle has few outwardly looking windows and appears like a series of fortified barns. The main entrance is via the gatehouse reached via a low walled outer courtyard. The gatehouse is a three storey structure surrounded by a
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court is three storeys high, has no floor or roof and dates from about 1540. Its northern elevation has three sets of four-light mullioned windows which are centrally placed.
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stonework in comparison to the rough local stonework surrounding it. The porch, designed by Richard Twrch, consists of varying architectural styles including a
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After the 16th century alterations little work was carried out on Beaupre, and after the
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decoration and three tiers of flanked columns. The columns rise in ascending order from
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Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
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Registered historic parks and gardens in the Vale of Glamorgan
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connected to a drain along which water still flows.
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Welsh
medieval
fortified manor house
Llanfair
Cowbridge
Wales
Grade I listed building
Cadw
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
Sir Rice Mansel
gatehouse
privies
English Civil War
curtain wall
ashlar
Tudor arch
strapwork
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Grade I listed building
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
List of castles in Wales
RCAHMW
ISBN
0117007544
Davies, John
Jenkins, Nigel

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