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Castellau
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Postcode district CF72
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Castellau ("fortifications"; alternate: Castella) [1] is a hamlet, [2] with a country house of the same name in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. Historically, it lies within the parish of Llantrisant, just north-west of Beddau. [2] It is connected with the history of the Trahernes. In 1988, Ysgol Castellau became the first Welsh medium education school to open in the southeast within new buildings. [3]

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Geography

After crossing the Rhondda, the road rises out of the valley in a southerly direction nearly due south to Castellau. Castellau is located less than a mile north-west of Beddau. [4] A forge was situated in a small valley, Darren Ddeusant, [5] extending upwards by the mansion, Castellau House, into the hills to the north of Llantrisant. [6] This hamlet contains some coal works, part of the produce of which is shipped for Ireland. [2]

History

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Scenery

While the name imports a fortified place, nothing is known of its history. It might have formed an outpost to the castle of Llantrisant. [1] The Traherne family lived for several centuries at Castellau. They are descended through Sir George Herbert of Swansea, son of Sir Richard Herbert. [7] It was later owned by a Mrs. Smith. [8]

Castellau

Built in the late Classical Regency style, Castellau probably predates 1807. The large two-storeyed house [9] is a remodel from a 17th-century three-unit house. The interior has a semicircular staircase, square hall, bow-ended dining room, Ionic columns, marble chimneypiece, cast iron balustrade. The white house's exterior features bowed ends, a six-bay facade, central doorway, slate roof, cantilevered eaves, and a cast iron veranda. [10]

Chapel

Chapel Castellau Independent was built in 1842 or 1843 and a renovation occurred in 1877. It was not used only as a place of worship. In 1851, Joshua Evans of Cymmar was its minister while in 1865, Henry Oliver served as minister. [11] The chapel is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the house; featuring angled pinnacles and transomed lancets, the interior has galleries on three sides and a polygonal pulpit. [10]

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