Gregynog
Gregynog is a former manor house in Wales .
It is located six kilometers northwest of the town of Newtown in County Powys . Today it serves as a conference center for the University of Wales .
history
In the place of the current building there have been various previous buildings since the 12th century. Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley had Gregynog built in its current form in the 1840s. In 1920 the sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, known as art collectors, acquired the manor house. The Davies sisters founded the Gregynog Music Festival, which still takes place annually in 1932 . Important musicians such as Vaughan Williams , Gustav Holst , Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten came to Gregynog in the early years of the festival . Guests at the festival included eminent personalities such as British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and the playwright George Bernard Shaw . In addition, the Davies sisters founded Gregynog Press, a private printing company for limited, hand-bound editions, which is still in Gregynog today. After Gwendoline Davies had died in 1951, Gregynog came to the University of Wales as a foundation after the death of Margaret Davies in 1963.
Gregynog today
The originally 73 km² property now includes a 3 km² park with an arboretum and landscaped garden in addition to the manor house . The music festival organized by the Gregynog Festival Company takes place here every June. In addition to the Gregynog Press print shop, the manor house is home to a large number of items from the collection belonging to the Davies sisters. This does not apply to the important collections of paintings by Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, which came to the National Museum Cardiff after their death . The University of Wales now uses Gregynog mainly for conferences.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 3 ″ N , 3 ° 21 ′ 8 ″ W.