Built in 1660, you can still find traces of the original Newton House on a visit to the Dinefwr estate. Most of what you see of the grand building today dates back to the 1850s, when it was given a fashionable Gothic facelift, with stone cladding and four impressive turrets.
Newton House was the home of the Rhys (or Rice) family. They were descendants of the powerful Princes of Deheaubarth, who ruled from the nearby Dinefwr Castle; perched on top of the hill overlooking the Towy valley.
George and Cecil Rice designed the landscape around Newton House, so what you see as you look out of one of the windows is exactly what George and Cecil envisaged centuries ago.
Capability Brown
They also brought in the famous landscape designer, Capability Brown, to give his advice too.
“I wish my journey may prove of use to the place, which if it should, it will be very flattering to me. Nature has been truly bountiful and art has done no harm.“
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