Iscoed, Ferryside

Name: Iscoed
Address: Ferryside, United Kingdom

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Iscoed, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales is a ruined eighteenth century mansion attributed to the architect Anthony Keck. Constructed for Sir William Mansel in 1772, it was purchased by the Napoleonic general Sir Thomas Picton as an incomplete shell in 1812. The house remained the property of the Picton family until the end of the First World War. Used subsequently as council housing, it has been empty since the 1950s, and is now a derelict shell. The house is Grade II listed. ()

Built: 1772 (252 years ago)Coordinates: 51°46'52"N, 4°20'42"W

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Ferryside United Kingdom

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Iscoed – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kidwelly Castle, Llansteffan Castle, Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne Castle.

3.3 miSE
Intact Norman castle in a scenic locale
Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly
86 min walk • Kidwelly Castle is a Norman castle overlooking the River Gwendraeth and the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
2.2 miSW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Llansteffan Castle, Llansteffan
57 min walk • Llansteffan Castle is a privately owned castle in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, overlooking the River Tywi estuary in Carmarthen Bay.
4.8 miW
Historical place, Tea room, Museum
Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne
122 min walk • The Boathouse in Laugharne, Wales, was where Dylan Thomas lived with his family during his last four years between 1949 and 1953. The house is set in a cliff overlooking the Tâf estuary and is where he wrote many of his major pieces.
5.1 miW
Castle and mansion with literary heritage
Laugharne Castle, Laugharne
129 min walk • Laugharne Castle is in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The castle, located on the estuary of the River Tâf, was originally established in 1116. It was rebuilt as a Norman stronghold.
3.4 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Kidwelly Industrial Museum, Kidwelly
87 min walk • The Kidwelly Industrial Museum focuses on the tinplate industry in Kidwelly, as well as area coal mining and brick making. The museum is located near the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, on the site of the former Kidwelly Tinplate Works.
5.1 miW
51°46'24"N • 4°27'48"W
Tin Shed Laugharne, Laugharne
130 min walk • Military museum, Specialty museum, Museum
5.4 miN
Bridge
Carmarthen Bridge, Carmarthen
137 min walk • Carmarthen Bridge is the modern 1930s road bridge crossing the River Tywi in Carmarthen, Wales, carrying the A484 road.
5.1 miW
Nightlife
Brown's Hotel, Laugharne
129 min walk • Browns Hotel is a guesthouse and pub in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a grade II listed building and is known for being the favourite pub of the poet and writer, Dylan Thomas. He lived in Laugharne from 1938 to 1940 and from 1949 to 1953 in the Boathouse.
3.5 miSE
Monastery
Kidwelly Priory, Kidwelly
89 min walk • Kidwelly Priory was a Benedictine abbey in Kidwelly, Wales. Roger, bishop of Salisbury, a Norman invader founded the priory of Kidwelly, but it seems to have been a place of Celtic Christian veneration of Saint Cadog for some centuries prior to that.
5.3 miN
Church
Eglwys, Carmarthen
137 min walk • Eglwys Dewi Sant or St David's Church, was an Anglican parish church in the town of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Built in the 1830s and briefly considered as a possible replacement cathedral for the dioceses of St David's, the church eventually became the home of Carmarthen's main Welsh-speaking Anglican congregation.
4.4 miN
Church
St Mary's Church
111 min walk • St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the hamlet of Llanllwch, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was originally a chapel attached to St Peter's Church, Carmarthen, both of which were conferred on the Priory of St. John the Evangelist at Carmarthen in the Early Middle Ages.