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Llwynarthan (St Mellons Country Club)

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 05076s
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Marshfield
Unitary authority : Cardiff
NGR : ST 24753 82367
Site Type (preferred type first) : MODERN COUNTRY CLUB / POST MEDIEVAL Country House / MODERN MILITARY HOSPITAL

Summary :
Originally named Llwynarthen, the house was built in 1878 The House was converted into an auxiliary hospital during the First World War (Llwynarthan Auxiliary Hospital, Castleton/St Mellons)

Description :
Originally named Llwynarthen, the house was built in 1878 as the home of Sir Henry Webb, a Baronet, and commander of the Gloucester, Worcester and Liverpool regiments during the Great War, who also carried out duties as an MP for the Forest of Dean during this time, and later as an MP for Cardiff East. The House was converted into an auxiliary hospital during the First World War; though very little further information is known about this period.

In the 1930s the property was transformed into the Blue Horizon club, and during the Second World War it was a base for an anti-aircraft guns, finally becoming a Hotel and Country Club in the 1950’s (now the St Mellons Country Hotel and country club). Nothing is known about its use as a hospital. .


Sources :
Crawford, J. , 2014 , First World War Scoping Study Glamorgan and Gwent
Huckfield, P. , 2017 , GGAT144: Casualties of War: Hospitals and Welfare Facilities South East Wales and the First World War.

Events :
E004823 : First World War Scoping Study Glamorgan and Gwent (year : 2014)
E000102 : Casualties of War (Yr 4, GGAT 144) (year : 2016-17)
E007746 : M4 Corridor Around Newport (year : 2016)

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Compiled date : 17-11-2015


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