Interior Of Brynglas House around 1900
Photo reference number: 2223
The South Wales Daily News, 12 November 1892, reported:
"BRYNGLAS TO BE RE-OCCUPIED.
Our Newport readers will be interested in learning that Brynglas, the late residence of Mr Thomas Cordes, old-time member for the Monmouth boroughs, has been acquired by Mr James Williams, of The Fields, and will be the home to which that gentleman will shortly bring home his bride, nee Miss Watts. Brynglas, which has been in mufti since Mr and Mrs Cordes removed to London, is being refurbished on a splendid scale, and one of the principal local firms of furnishers has a four-figure order which they are executing in making the house a place of beauty as well as a castle, which every Englishman's home is by tradition. Brynglas is in the midst of charming surroundings, and its gardens and walks used to be thrown open once a week to Newport people."
Many thanks to Peter West for the photo.
