Cyfarthfa Castle Castles

Cyfarthfa Castle is the former home of the Crawshay family, historical ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Despite appearing superficially to be a fortified building it is a house built in the style of a large mansion. The castle stands in 158-acre (0.64 km2) of parkland. It was designed in 1824 by the architect Robert Lugar for William Crawshay II, and built at a cost of approximately £30,000 using locally quarried stone.

The entrance hall has a curiously Mock Tudor feel, planned to give the illusion of an ancient family home. The small shields around the frieze, the tall pillars around the windows, huge Gothic doors and the superb red and clear glass windows that fill the rear of the hall, all add to the imposing grandeur. The ceiling depicts the white rose of Yorkshire, the original home of the Crawshay family.