Margam Castle | |
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Type | House |
Location | Margam, Neath Port Talbot |
Coordinates | 51°33′46″N 3°43′31″W / 51.5627°N 3.7254°W |
Built | 1830–1835 |
Architect | Thomas Hopper |
Architectural style(s) | Tudor Revival |
Owner | Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Margam Castle |
Designated | 24 February 1975 |
Reference no. | 14170 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Service buildings including courtyard walls at Margam Castle |
Designated | 24 February 1975 |
Reference no. | 23275 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Terrace walls and screen at Margam Castle |
Designated | 24 February 1975 |
Reference no. | 14163 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Stone steps in terraced garden |
Designated | 25 April 2000 |
Reference no. | 23266 |
Margam Castle, Margam, Port Talbot, Wales, is a late Georgian country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a five-year period, from 1830 to 1835. The site had been occupied for some 4,000 years. A Grade I listed building, the castle is now in the care of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. The castle stands within Margam Country Park, the former estate to the house. The park is listed at Grade I on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.