Sker House near Porthcawl (older digital photo)

            These are older digital photos taken on an inexpensive camera circa 2005 so please excuse the quality.
Sker House was formerly a Monastic Grange attached to Margam Abbey, sold off at the dissolution of the Monasteries.
It sits on the coast at Sker point between Porthcawl & Kenfig.
It was extensively rebuilt in the 16th Century and features 16th Century graffiti which was uncovered during the restoration.
Associated with 'The Turbulent Turbevilles' it was involved in a minor battle of the Civil War, there are musket ball holes in the masonry to underline this.
It became famous as a result of the tale of the 'Maid of Sker' which developed into a ghost legend.
It is regarded as one of the most haunted houses in Wales.
The house operated as a farm until falling into disrepair.
This is the Grade 1 listed house immediately following an extensive HLF funded restoration.
The collapsed wing was not rebuilt.
It was purchased as a bolthole by historian & author Professor Niall Douglas Campbell Ferguson & journalist Sue Douglas Ferguson who have subsequently divorced.
The house had to be made publicly accessible for a few days each year following it's sale.
The house is no longer publicly accessible.
   

Taken in: UK / Wales / Cornelly / Kenfig (show map)

Taken on: October 6, 2016

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