HY BRASAIL
Site Details
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NPRN 421954
Map Reference SO01SW
Grid Reference SO0464310216
Unitary (Local) Authority Merthyr Tydfil
Old County Brecknockshire
Community Vaynor
Type of Site HOUSE
Broad Class DOMESTIC
Period 20th Century
Site Description House in Italian villa style created in 1912 around a plain later C19 house, and named for the magical land of the St Brendan legend. The story that the house was built to lure an Italian contessa to Wales is not proven. The additions on a grand scale and of finely detailed Bath stone add very little in terms of living space, a monumental stair in the main tower and one long room above an open loggia, the second tower having no rooms at all.
Source: Cadw list description.
