First today was Opulant Dining at Tredegar House, simply shot at 3200 DIN, 1/40th of a second and f3.5.

later I lightened the shadows and added just a hint of contrast.

Tredegar House / Tŷ Tredegar

is a 17th-century Charles II-era country house mansion in Coedkernew, at the western edge of the city of Newport.

 

For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, later Lords Tredegar (until they left in 1951); one of the most powerful and influential families in the area. Described by John Newman in his book The Buildings of Wales, as "The grandest and most exuberant country house" in Monmouthshire and one of the "outstanding houses of the Restoration period in the whole of Britain".

 

The house stands in a now reduced landscaped garden of 90 acres (36.5 Hectares).

 

After 1951 the house was bought by the Catholic Church as a convent school with boarders, later St. Joseph's Roman Catholic comprehensive school. It was bought by the Newport Corporation Council in 1974, giving rise to its then status as "the grandest council house in Britain".

 

In December 2011 the National Trust signed an agreement with Newport City Council to take on the management of the building, as well as the 90 acres of gardens and parkland, on a 50-year lease from 2012. The Trust said that Tredegar House was of "great importance" as many similar properties had been lost in the past 100 years.