| Ddisgrifiad / Description | This photograph shows a splendid example of a country mansion. The armaments, the suits of armour and the picture etc. not only show the family wealth and sense of tradition but also how long the family line in the sense of time, stretches back in history. If this photograph and photograph CP395/5/42 are compared, then both together they show the complete room.
The historic mansion of Gloddaeth stands hidden behind Llanrhos Church. The estate came into the possession of the Mostyn family through the marriage in 1460 of Howel Ab Ieuan Fychan to Margaret, daughter of Gruffydd Ap Rhys Ap Gruffydd Ap Madoc Gloddaeth Ap Madoc Ab Iorwerth Goch of Creuddyn; the latter name containing a pedigree of six generations and probably spanning the period to just before the English Conquest of 1284.
Of the present house, now occupied by the boys of St. David's College, the oldest part is the Great Hall, a handsome structure of the sixteenth century. The remainder was built at the end of the seventeenth century and there are some modern buildings at the rear.
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