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Alltyferin (Alltyferyn)

Grid Ref: SN 5140 2270

 A Short history of the mansion

Previously unpublished photographs of Alltyferin and the Bath Family

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The Daniel family of Alltyferin      The sad tale of the Governess of Alltyferin      Additional Notes

Alltyferin c. 1875

Built in 1869 by Henry James Bath, and used as hospital during the Second World War and was later demolished

Alltyferin during the Estate Sale

The roofless mansion seen here part demolished in the 1950s. The vehicles are a Fordson van (left), reg. No. EU 8740, and Standard pick-up truck (right), reg. No. NDE 861

Extract from Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their Families, by Major Francis Jones, published by Brawdy Books. Out of print.

There were two places of this name, about a mile apart.

The older is Alltyferin farm, just below a hill-fort on the west side of the Cothi, about a mile north of Pontargothi. The farm comprised 165 acres, and had been tenanted by yeomen from the 18th century. It had been an attractive and commodious farmhouse of three storeys containing three reception rooms and domestic quarters, and six main bedrooms. It was bought by the Bath family in the 1860’s and continued in that family until sold in 1923.

The other Alltyferin stood on high ground above the south bank of the Cothi. It was a completely new mansion built in the 1860s by Henry James Bath (then High Sheriff), a successful businessman from Swansea, who had bought 1,290 acres in the Llanegwad area. It was a large structure of two storeys with an attic storey and a tall ‘Germanic’ ornate tower with a spire. On the ground floor there were nine main rooms and domestic quarters, on the first floor were twelve bedrooms, dressing rooms, three bathrooms and a school-room, and in the upper storey were seven servants’ bedrooms.

Henry Bath died in 1864 and was succeeded by his eldest son Henry James Bath, High Sheriff in 1869. He was followed by his nephew Edward Henry Bath, High Sheriff in 1892, being described as ‘a gentleman of close business habits, but of a somewhat retiring disposition more given to thought than to speech in public affairs’. His son Henry Bath of Alltyferin married Miss Lloyd of Glansevin, and died in 1921. The mansion and estate were sold in 1923. The next owners were the Daniel family, and it was later sold by Mr W. H. Daniel.

Members of the Bath family were responsible for the construction of Holy Trinity Church.

After World War II the house was completely demolished.

References
Carmarthen Record Office
John Francis s.c., 418
Burke L. G., 1952
Nicholas, County Families, 1872, illus.
Allen, S. Wales and Mon., illus.

Note

A photograph of the old Alltyferin (farm) was owned by the late Mr Geoffrey Steele-Morgan, a copy of which was given to Major Francis Jones