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  • This oak tester bed once belonged to the Earl of Plymouth of St Fagans Castle (hence its name). The bed was made during the 19th century, with the tester and headboard probably being derived from a 17th century overmantel. A photograph taken during the 1890s shows that the bed was then situated in one of the bedrooms at St Fagans Castle. It was probably brought there during the 1850s when the house was refurbished for Robert Windsor Clive and his new wife.
The 'Plymouth bed', from St Fagans Castle [image 1 of 2]
  • This bed comes from the Priory House in Brecon and is reputed to have been slept in by Charles I who stayed at Priory House in 1645.
Carved oak four poster bed, c. 1600 (altered in 1880s)
  • Royal Bedroom, Singleton Abbey, c. 1894.
Images of Singleton Abbey: Royal Bedroom [Photograph 5, image 5 of 13]
  • Chinese bedroom, Singleton Abbey, Swansea, c. 1894.
Images of Singleton Abbey: Chinese bedroom [Photograph 12, image 12 of 13]