MARSH HOUSE FARM

Site Details

NPRN
19309
Map Reference
ST06NW
Grid Reference
ST03086678
Unitary (Local) Authority
The Vale of Glamorgan
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Rhoose
Type of Site
FARMHOUSE;FORTIFIED HOUSE
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
POST MEDIEVAL

Site Description

Vestiges of an early 17th century house integrated with a fortified depot or warehouse established around 1636 by Thomas Spencer, a merchant trading from Aberthaw with the West Indies.

[Additional:] RCAHMW survey published in Archaeologia Cambrensis CXLVI (1997). Site demolished. RFS/December 2007