Commemorative plaque 41745

This blue commemorative plaque records: Plymouth House. This house has a reputation of forming part of the Celtic Monastery. It became the Manor House of West Llantwit or Abbot's Llantwit, the land given to Twekesbury Abbey by the Normans. After the dissolution of the monasteries, it was bough by Edward Stradling as his town house. It passed to Lewis of the Van, then to the Earl of Plymouth. It was bough by Dr. J. W. Nicholl Carne who renamed it. Recorded plaque organisation: Llantwit Major Local History Society.

Plymouth House served as a significant religious and administrative center, initially part of a Celtic monastery and later the Manor House of West Llantwit, reflecting its importance through various historical periods including Norman rule and the dissolution of monasteries.