Margam Castle

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Margam Castle is a Victorian era country house built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. Designed by Thomas Hopper, the castle was constructed in a Tudor Revival style over a ten-year period, from 1830 to 1840. 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.

Palaces, manors and town halls in United Kingdom All sites in Port Talbot

Address
Unnamed Road, Port Talbot, United Kingdom

Established
1830-1840

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