Tretower Court

In the community of Llanfihangel Cwmdu With Bwlch And Cathedine.
In the historic county of Brecknockshire (Modern authority of Powys, preserved county of Powys).

Tretower Court was built during C14 with alterations made in C15. The buildings are arranged around a courtyard with the oldest along the north wing. This C14 wing consists of a rectangular building of two storeys. The main rooms are on the upper floor. In C15 west wing there is a hall, solar and service rooms. The building was altered in C17. C15 gatehouse stands on the east side with a postern gate to the north. The house and its curtain wall have been much restored in modern times.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Not known if listed listed building protected by law*.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO18592118

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Monuments Record number; 16305

• Web site links
  • http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=6&PlaceID=136
    http://www.castlewales.com/tretwr.html
    http://www.cpat.org.uk/educate/guides/brecast/brecast.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of Mid Wales (Malvern) p34 [mention]
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p669-71
    Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p17
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p22
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p384
• Journal Articles
  • Kenyon, J.R., 1981 'Early Artillery Fortifications in England and Wales: a Preliminary Survey and Re-appraisal' Archaeological Journal Vol138 p228
    Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
    Ralegh Radford, C A, 1960, 'Tretower. The castle and the court', Brycheiniog Vol6 p32-50
    1936, Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol91 p366-8
    Marshall, 1932, Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club p171-6
    Gardner, 1922-3, Proc. Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association p35-42
    Parker, 1876, Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol7 p285-7
• Guidebooks
  • Radford, C.A.Ralegh, revised and edited by Robinson, D.M. 1986 3edn, Tretower Court and Castle (CADW)
    Radford, C.A.Ralegh, revised by Robinson, D.M., 1985. Tretower Court and Castle (CADW)
    Radford, C.A.Ralegh, 1950. Tretower Court and Castle (HMSO)
    Radford, C.A.Ralegh, 1948 2edn. Tretower Court and Castle (HMSO)
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol3 p108