Plas Machen Manor House

The blip photo is an aerial view of our local medieval manor house, which I never tire of photographing as it's such a majestic house in lovely surroundings.

Plas Machen, the Elizabethan manor house, was built in 1490 by Thomas Morgan, Esquire to the Body of Henry VII. But after Tredegar House was built it became a tenanted house and it lost a lot of its glories over the centuries. Today it is a farmhouse and a third of its original size, but even so it has 20 rooms.

There is a rumour that an underground passage connects it to Ruperra Castle, but distance and terrain make this unlikely. It is best seen from the Draethen to Michaelstone road where its distinctive chimneys reach up from a bygone age.

I'm making a photo collage for it's present owner and this will go into the portfolio.