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Wales

Penybont Hall

  • Built / Designed For: John Price

    House & Family History: In the late 19th century Julian Fellowes's great grandfather, Pat Mackintosh, worked for Penybont Hall's owner, John Percy Severn, who has been suggested as the inspiration for the fictional earl of Grantham in the "Downton Abbey" TV series.

  • Architect: Henry Needham Sheffield

    Date: 1875
    Designed: Enlarged and altered House for J. Percy Severn

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  • Title: Disintegration of a Heritage: Country Houses and their Collections, 1979-1992, The
    Author: Sayer, Michael
    Year Published: 1993
    Publisher: Norfolk: Michael Russell (Publishing)
    ISBN: 0859551970
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Grade II

    Park Listed: Not Listed

  • Past Seat / Home of: John Price, 18th century. J. Cheesement Severn, 19th century; John Percy Severn, late 19th century. John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite, 19th century; Walsh family here from the late 19th century until 1984.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No

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