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Best stately homes in South Wales
South Wales's houses include the Morgan family's flamboyant Tredegar House near Newport, the Dinefwr estate with its Georgian Newton House, and the medieval Tretower Court in the Usk valley.
There are 5 stately homes in South Wales on this list across Carmarthenshire, Newport, Powys and Vale of Glamorgan. Tretower Court is the best-rated, at 4.7 from 786 Google reviews. Tredegar House draws the most reviews of any house here, 2,203 of them.
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Every stately home on this list - 5 in total, 4 you can stay overnight in
Tredegar House
Newport
17th-century red-brick mansion, ancestral home of the Morgan family, Lords Tredegar
Tretower Court
Powys
Restored 15th-century courtyard manor house with a recreated medieval garden, sited beside but distinct from the ruined Tretower Castle.
Newton House, Dinefwr
Carmarthenshire
Victorian Gothic-remodelled mansion set within a medieval deer park
Dyffryn House
Vale of Glamorgan
Edwardian mansion set within extensive gardens, near Cardiff
Caer Beris Manor
Powys
Grade II listed manor built 1896-1911 for Charles Harcourt Wood as a Borders-style manor house, on a riverside site with a 12th-century castle motte still visible as an earthwork; a country house hotel from 1987, now a private exclusive-hire venue.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit in South Wales?
5 stately homes in South Wales are on this list, spread across Carmarthenshire, Newport, Powys and Vale of Glamorgan. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home in South Wales?
Tretower Court in Powys, rated 4.7 from 786 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home in South Wales is the most reviewed?
Tredegar House in Newport, with 2,203 Google reviews at 4.6. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes in South Wales free to enter?
None of the 5 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes in South Wales?
Of the 5 on this list, 1 is run by Cadw, 3 are run by the National Trust and the last one by a private estate, independent trust or local council. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.