Tredegar House was the ancestral home of the Morgan Family, later Lords Tredegar. Great landowners, the Morgans were an extremely proud Welsh family, and claimed descent from the Welsh princes. They were the dominant influence on the political, social and economic life of the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan and Monmouth up until the 1940s. The oldest part of the House dates to the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Originally of stone, the building was extensively re-modelled in brick around 1674. In 1951 Tredegar House, with most of its contents and surrounding estates, was sold to the Catholic Church. The House was used first as a convent school, and then became a comprehensive school. For over 20 years Tredegar House remained a school until 1974 when it was bought by Newport Borough Council, as Newport City Council was previously named. Since 1974, Tredegar House has been restored and re-furnished with many original pieces. Once again the walls are hung with the portraits of the family, and the rooms dressed to reflect different points in the House’s history – from the late seventeenth century to the 1930s.
