Sker House | |
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Type | House |
Location | Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales |
Coordinates | 51°30′27″N 3°43′04″W / 51.5074°N 3.7177°W |
Built | 1692 |
Architectural style(s) | Vernacular |
Governing body | Privately owned |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Sker House |
Designated | 6 June 1952 |
Reference no. | 11217 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Ty-yr-ychen, also known as Sker House farm buildings |
Designated | 1 June 1989 |
Reference no. | 11360 |
Sker House is a historic building in Wales. Originally built as a monastic grange of the Cistercian order over 900 years ago, it is situated just outside the town of Porthcawl, near Bridgend. Little remains of the original structure and it was completely rebuilt in the late sixteenth century. Its residential form appears to have been determined by the preceding monastic grange. The house was made famous as the basis of R. D. Blackmore's book The Maid of Sker.