Haunted History of : Miskin Manor, Miskin , Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales.
Miskin Manor is a Victorian manor house built in 1864 in a Tudor style,, situated in the village of Miskin
Miskin Manor dates back to the 10th century and is reputedly haunted by a ghostly lady who appears regularly in the bar area between midnight and 1am. The hotel porter is said to have grown used to her appearances.
Hotel owner Ben Rosenberg previously told us he believes she was a former resident of the house who is simply following a path between the bar and the drawing room she once regularly walked in life.
“There used to be a staircase where the bar stands today so she is evidently coming from the drawing room and going up the stairs just as she did when she lived here,” he said...
The 10th century holds the earliest record of Miskin Manor, with the origins of it's name thought to allude back to the words 'Maen Cun' or 'Lovely Plain'. The 'Lovely Plain' on which Miskin Manor currently stands is as stunning today as it was 916 years ago. In 1100, the daughter of the Prince of Glamorgan, lived in a manor on the side of what is now Miskin Manor.
Welsh heritage tells us that for the next 6 generations the estate was home to the Basset family. In 1857 the estate was sold to Mr David Williams, also known as his bard's title 'Alaw Goch'. In 1864 the Manor was constructed, beginning the life of what is now our country house hotel.
Gwilym, the son of Judge Gwilym Williams of Miskin Manor, inherited Miskin Manor after his father's death. Wales, with its rich sense of history, made much of the fact that Gwilym's wife was a descendant of the original Nest herself.
In the 1900s Miskin Manor was passed on to Sir Rhys Williams, whose wife Juliet, was the daughter of the scandalous novelist Elinor Glyn, who also lived in Miskin Manor. Under the ownership of Sir Rhys Williams, Miskin Manor saw a great deal of society life, and even had the honour of entertaining the Prince of Wales (later to become Edward VIII) as well as then Prime Minister Lloyd George.
Miskin Manor had suffered two major fires during the 1900s. The first took place in 1922, destroying all but the external walls. (We have photographs on the ground floor illustrating the extent of the damage). The second fire occurred in 1952, shortly after Miskin Manor was transformed from its war-time occupation as a hospital into post-war flats.
In 1985, Miskin Manor was sold, converted and extended. The current owners, the Rosenberg Family, purchased Miskin Manor in 1996. Their care and attention to detail in the restoration of Miskin Manor shows itself very clearly in the Minstrel Hall, which, with its Gallery, is a truly magical room. Miskin's extensive history gives it the richest atmosphere and ambience of any of the idyllic country house hotels in Wales.
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A large brick power house of the Glamorgan Colliery at Llwynypia, built in 1905. In November 1910 it was at the centre of the Tonypandy Riots, when strikers stormed the building during the Cambrian Collieries dispute.
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In 22 acres of scenic grounds, Miskin Manor features a modern leisure club, award-winning restaurant and free Wi-Fi. Just off the M4, the hotel is surrounded by Mid Glamorgan countryside.
The charming bedrooms at Miskin Manor Hotel and Health Club boast period features and elegant decor. All rooms have a private bathroom, cosy seating area, flat-screen TV and garden views.
Miskin Manor Health Club features an indoor swimming pool, a modern gym, and a spa area with a steam room and sauna. Relaxing treatments and personal trainers are also available.
Set in a magnificent historical building, the 2 AA-Rosette Meisgyn Restaurant serves a modern British menu and world wine list. The lounge bar offers beverages and snacks, and breakfasts are served daily.
Situated just outside Miskin village, the Miskin Manor Hotel is a 10-minute drive from Pontyclun. There are 4 golf clubs with 10 minutes’ drive, and lively Cardiff is a 15-minute drive away.
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3586 - Village Pub in Ynysybwl Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales For Sale
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Village Pub in Ynysybwl Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales For Sale
Ynysybwl, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Advert Ref: 3586
Business Description
Preferred Commercial is delighted to offer for sale this village public house, which was established in 1850 and which has been in our client's careful hands since 1995. The pub is only now being offered to the market due to our client's wish to retire. The business trades 7 days a week and generates a turnover in the region of £25,000 per annum with a gross profit of 50%. Our client offers an extensive range of alcohol, including real ales, wines and spirits. The pub also hosts regular entertainment nights and is home to a darts team and a skittles team, as well as being the headquarters of the Royal British Legion. There is a large hall and function room, which is currently utilised by a theatre group. The property boasts a spacious bar, games room and upstairs hall and function room with kitchen serving refreshments to the public on theatre nights. The business has a loyal customer base and an excellent reputation, enjoying much repeat trade. There is also 3-bedroom owners' accommodation to the second floor. This is an ideal opportunity to acquire a village pub with huge scope for future growth. Early negotiations with Preferred Commercial must come highly recommended.
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Property
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Location
United Services Inn occupies substantial 3-storey premises, ideally located in a prominent trading position in the heart of the village of Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taf. There is a selection of complementary shops, businesses and amenities in the village. The business is situated in a densely populated residential area, from which it draws much trade. The village is surrounded by picturesque countryside. The premises boast easy access to the A-road network, including the A470. The town of Abercynon is 4 miles away and possesses further shops, businesses and amenities, as well as a railway station. The village is popular with commuters, due to its rural location and excellent road links. Pontypridd lies approximately 4 miles to the south, while Cardiff is 15 miles away.
Premises Details
Substantial 3-storey public house premises with large function room and 3-bedroom owners' accommodation. Briefly comprising:
Ground Floor
Bar with tables and chairs, wood burning stove, bar servery, optics display, drinks chiller and electronic cash register
Ladies and gents WCs with wash hand basins
Games room with pool table and dartboard
Skittle alley
First Floor
Hall and function room with stage and capacity for up to 200 people
Kitchen, serving refreshments on theatre nights
Storeroom
Workshop
Second Floor
Large double bedroom
2 x double bedrooms
Kitchen
Lounge
Second lounge
2 x bathrooms
WC with wash hand basin
Trading Hours
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3705 - Pub with Letting Rooms in Maesteg Mid Glamorgan For Sale
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Pub For Sale with Letting Rooms in Maesteg Mid Glamorgan Wales
Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Advert Ref: 3705
Business Description
Preferred Commercial is delighted to offer for sale this popular public house with letting rooms, which was established in 1880 and which has been in our client's careful hands since 2000. The business is only now reluctantly being placed onto the market due to our client's wish to retire. The business is run at a pace to suit our client and generates a turnover in the region of £120,000 with a gross profit of 65%. The public house serves a wide variety of beers, wines and spirits as well as traditional pub food. There are also 7 guest bedrooms, which are let out on a bed and breakfast only basis. The pub has two bar areas on the ground floor with a large function room to the first floor. We feel there is scope for a new owner to convert the function room into further letting rooms or potentially into a 2 bedroom apartment. The business boasts an excellent reputation in the area and benefits from a loyal customer base and much repeat trade. A new owner could embark on a modest marketing campaign promoting the business as there is currently little advertising in place. We feel this is an ideal opportunity to acquire a popular public house with letting rooms with scope for future growth. Early negotiations with Preferred Commercial must come highly recommended.
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Property
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Location
The New Coytrahen Arms occupies substantial 2-storey premises, ideally located on a busy main road running through the town of Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan. The premises benefit from ample parking in the vicinity and are well-served by public transport. The public house is surrounded by mainly residential properties from which it draws much of its trade. The local amenities including churches, library and a railway station are nearby. Maesteg is a former mining town, which is now benefiting from extensive investment. The town boasts easy access to the motorway network and is a desirable place in which to live and work. The business is situated on the A4063 and the M4 motorway is approximately 6.4 miles to the west. Swansea is 16 miles to the west and Neath is 10 miles to the north-west.
Premises Details
Substantial 2-storey public house with large function room and 7 letting rooms. Briefly comprising:
Ground Floor
Main bar with tiled floor, fixed seating, 2 x flat-screen TVs, overhead projector & drop down screen, wood panelled bar, bottle chillers, glass washer, electronic cash register and optics display
Cellar which is temperature controlled with external dray access
Ladies WC
Gents WC
Sports bar with laminate floor, fixed seating, TV, overhead projector, pool table, dartboard, gaming machines,
Second bar serviced from common area to main bar
First Floor
Function room with laminate floor, skittle alley, tables & chairs, wood panelled bar and dartboard
Laundry room with store area, washing machine and tumble drier
First Floor Letting Rooms
All with laminate flooring.
1 x double bedroom with en-suite facilities
1 x double bedroom
1 x family room with en-suite facilities
2 x twin bedrooms
1 x single bedroom with en-suite facilities
1 x single bedroom
Shared bathroom
External
Terraced beer garden to rear
Trading Hours
Mon - Thurs: 6.00pm - 12.00am Fri: 2.00pm - 12.00am Sat: 12.00pm - 12.00am Sun: 11.00am - 12.00am
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Shop for sale in Scotland, Preferred Commercial, Ref 3357, Newsagents in Newtown St Boswells
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Village Newsagents in Newtown St Boswells Scottish Borders
Newtown St Boswells, Edinburgh, Lothian & Scottish Borders, Scotland
Advert Ref: 3357
Business Description
Preferred Commercial is delighted to offer for sale this busy newsagents, which was established in the 1930s and which has been in our clients' careful hands since 1998. The shop is only now being offered to the market due to our clients' wish to retire. The business trades 7 days a week and generates a turnover in the region of £457,000 per annum with a gross profit of 18%. Our clients offer an extensive range of CTN lines, convenience lines, tobacco, toys and greeting cards. There is also a £2,300 per week news sheet with morning and Sunday rounds. We feel the turnover could be further increased by extending the range of products to include snack food and frozen food. There is also scope to apply for the Lottery and Payzone or similar facilities. The business has a loyal customer base and enjoys much repeat trade. The property has been fitted to a high standard and is well-equipped, boasting a spacious retail area. We have been advised that there is a new development of approximately 1,300 houses, being built in the area which will increase trade levels further. Early negotiations with Preferred Commercial must come highly recommended.
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Property
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Location
E G Frame Newsagents occupies substantial ground floor lock-up corner premises, ideally located in a prominent trading position in the heart of the village of Newtown St Boswells, Ettrick & Aulderdale. The premises benefit from ample on-street parking and are surrounded by a range of complementary shop and businesses. There is a bus stop across from the shop and the Borders College Newtown St Boswells Campus is nearby. The premises boast easy access to the A-road network, including the A68, A7 and the A72. Newtown St Boswells is a rural village, surrounded by picturesque countryside and is situated between Newcastle and Edinburgh. The village is a desirable place in which to live and is a busy stopping point. Galashiels lies approximately 7 miles to north west, while Kelso is 10 miles away and Edinburgh lies 35 miles to the north.
Premises Details
Substantial ground floor corner retail premises in village centre. Briefly comprising:
Ground Floor
• Retail area with counter servery, tobacco gantry, drinks display chiller, ice cream freezer, toy display, convenience lines and confectionery displays
• Rear sales area with large greeting card displays
• Office and storage area
• Storage area
External
• Frontage onto high street
Trading Hours
Mon - Sat: 5:00am to 5:00pm Sun: 9:00am to 12:00pm
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Places to see in ( Aberdare - UK )
Places to see in ( Aberdare - UK )
Aberdare is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. Aberdare is 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Merthyr Tydfil, 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Cardiff and 22 miles (35 km) east-north-east of Swansea. During the 19th century it became a thriving industrial settlement, which was also notable for the vitality of its cultural life and as an important publishing centre.
Aberdare dates from the Middle Ages. It was originally a small village in an agricultural district, centred around the Church of St John the Baptist, said to date from 1189. By the middle of the 15th century, Aberdare contained a water mill in addition to a number of thatched cottages, of which no evidence remains.
With the ecclesiastical parishes of St Fagan's (Trecynon) and Aberaman carved out of the ancient parish, Aberdare had 12 Anglican churches and one Roman Catholic church, built in 1866 in Monk Street near the site of a cell attached to Penrhys monastery; and at one time there were over 50 Nonconformist chapels (including those in surrounding settlements such as Cwmaman and Llwydcoed). The services in the majority of the chapels were in Welsh. Most of these chapels have now closed, with many converted to other uses. The urban district includes what were once the separate villages of Aberaman, Abernant, Cwmaman, Cwmbach, Cwmdare, Llwydcoed, Penywaun and Trecynon. There are several cairns and the remains of a circular British encampment on the mountain between Aberdare and Merthyr. Hirwaun moor, 4 miles to the north west of Aberdare, was according to tradition the scene of a battle at which Rhys ap Tewdwr, prince of Dyfed, was defeated by the allied forces of the Norman Robert Fitzhamon and Iestyn ap Gwrgant, the last Welsh prince of Glamorgan.
Aberdare, during its boom years, was considered a centre of Welsh culture: it hosted the first National Eisteddfod in 1861, with which David Williams (Alaw Goch) was closely associated. A number of local eisteddfodau had long been held in the locality, associated with figures such as William Williams (Carw Coch) The Eisteddfod was again held in Aberdare in 1885, and also in 1956 at Aberdare Park where the Gorsedd standing stones still exist. At the last National Eisteddfod held in Aberdare in 1956 Mathonwy Hughes won the chair. From the mid nineteenth century, Aberdare was an important publishing centre where a large number of books and journals were produced, the majority of which were in the Welsh language. A newspaper entitled Y Gwladgarwr (the Patriot) was published at Aberdare from 1856 until 1882 and was circulated widely throughout the South Wales valleys. From 1875 a more successful newspaper, Tarian y Gweithiwr (the Workman's Shield) was published at Aberdare by John Mills. Y Darian, as it was known, strongly supported the trade union movements among the miners and ironworkers of the valleys. The miners' leader, William Abraham, derived support from the newspaper, which was also aligned with radical nonconformist liberalism. The rise of the political labour movement and the subsequent decline of the Welsh language in the valleys, ultimately led to its decline and closure in 1934.
The Coliseum Theatre is Aberdare's main arts venue, containing a 600-seat auditorium and cinema. It is situated in nearby Trecynon and was built in 1938 using miners' subscriptions. The town is served by Aberdare railway station and Aberdare bus station, opposite each other in the town centre. The town has also been subject to an extensive redevelopment scheme during 2012–13.
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Cardiff is the capital and largest city in Wales and the tenth largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is the country's chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. The unitary authority area's mid-2011 population was estimated to be 346,100, while the population of the Larger Urban Zone was estimated at 861,400 in 2009. Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 18.3 million visitors in 2010.[1] In 2011, Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations.[2]
The city of Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan (and later South Glamorgan). Cardiff is part of the Eurocities network of the largest European cities.[3] The Cardiff Urban Area covers a slightly larger area outside of the county boundary, and includes the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a major port for the transport of coal following the arrival of industry in the region contributed to its rise as a major city.
Cardiff was made a city in 1905, and proclaimed the capital of Wales in 1955. Since the 1990s, Cardiff has seen significant development. A new waterfront area at Cardiff Bay contains the Senedd building, home to the Welsh Assembly and the Wales Millennium Centre arts complex. Current developments include the continuation of the redevelopment of the Cardiff Bay and city centre areas with projects such as the Cardiff International Sports Village, a BBC drama village,[4] and a new business district in the city centre.[5] Cardiff is the largest media centre in the UK outside of London.
Sporting venues in the city include the Millennium Stadium (the national stadium for the Wales national rugby union team and the Wales national football team), SWALEC Stadium (the home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club), Cardiff City Stadium (the home of Cardiff City football team), Cardiff International Sports Stadium (the home of Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club) and Cardiff Arms Park (the home of Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC rugby union teams). The city is also HQ of the Wales Rally GB and was awarded with the European City of Sport in 2009 due to its role in hosting major international sporting events. It has been announced that Cardiff will again be the European City of Sport in 2014.[6] The Millennium Stadium hosted 11 football matches as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics, including the games' opening event and the men's bronze medal match.[7]
Roman Marching Camp, Rhondda
This large temporary marching camp lies in the St Gwynno Forest some 9½ miles west of the fort at Gelli-gaer in Mid-Glamorgan. The encampment encloses the summit of Twyn-y-Briddallt (alt. 1,488 ft; 453.5 m) to the north-west of Carn-y-Pigwn (1,542 ft; 470 m) where the Roman engineers utilized the Craig-y-Gilwern ridge, which towers above the town of Ferndale in the Rhondda Fach, to form the south-western defences of their encampment, with the north-eastern defences aligned parallel to this ridge some distance beyond the summit of Twyn-y-Briddallt. The camp has been attributed to the campaigns of Sextus Julius Frontinus sometime during the period A.D.73 to 78, along with other large camps at Blaen-cwm-Bach and Pen-y-Coedcae.
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