ST. PAGAN'S 

 . . CASTLE, 



CARDIFF. 



THE SEAT 

 or 



LORD WINDSOR. 



1~^Hh picturesque Welsh village ot 

 St. Farm's. hi;ig up.'i the 

 river hlv. not far I .>rn .1: 

 I.landaff. takes it- name from 

 the s.iint to whom the. quaint 

 Norman and heorated church t! 



ited. Tradti.inallfjjesth.it the goo I man arrived in 



mahout the yeir 180, and that he founded a church in the 



r which the existing structure i- the -iu\e T. 



The : M. I .lean's, with its many quaint, old-fa-hioned 



lutch-ro.fed cottages, it- Tud -r gabled mansion, and its 



interesiini: church, almost hidden among spreading trees, i- 



one of the most charming and plea-ing in tluit pirt of the 



Principality. Its principal attraction lies in Lord Windsor'- 



beautiful -eat, the (.astie ot St I a-an, \\hich. though not ..( 



impo-ing grandeur, indeed possesses m 11- houy wa Is and 



marr. , its ancient feature-, and its Tudor e:nlvllih- 



ments. a character which we love to find in the old h >u-e- 



t the land. 



The oldest portion of the remains probably dates from 



the thiiteeiith century. mdLatmj; the 

 exi^ti-iu, :i^|y fnrtiticd ilwt-llini;- 



place, commanding the neck of tin 



\alley. 'Ihis casilc ha- K t irature- of 

 n.triest in our garden pictures, and of 

 value in the garden plan. M. I.I,MH'- 

 un Yrwent reconstruction later on. and K \' 

 to it. ii H7-S, .1- ,>iu- el the ca-tlf- IK- .r tlu- "frontiers of the 

 moutit.u ties." It- IPAIKT at tin- time ua- one John ( labon, 

 a do t -t..r of the law, and it seem- prohaHe that the manor 

 l.ou-e \\.i-i l-uilt about that date. It | n 1,- ( - the Cables, 

 mullioncd \\ind.m-, and ihimneys winch we aopiate with 

 Tudor '.i\-. and is a bold and impreivi- hou-e. standn^ on 

 the cre-t ot the hill, and looking, trom it- many indow- 

 and ancient emb.itt'.ed walls, over the garden- which lie up. n 

 the s|,i[e :ii,d in ihe valley to the land-c ipe I eyond. 1 he 

 position is very ads anta-. ..us, and lias l.-nt it-ill extremely 

 well to the furm.itio.i of the gardens. 



Before describing them, let us note the tact that the 

 t ei;jlibourho...l w.i- the -ceiv of a very sanguinary 



TJIF I HAD TANK IN IK.: 



