Honeytrap

It's hard to get a bead on this lovely old place through the thickness of trees across the valley. It has a romantic history being modelled (it is said) upon the family home of its original owner's French (or Swiss)  wife.

  Richard Fenton was a Fishguard-born young gent and man about London town in the late 18th century when, strolling one day with his friend, the Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, he spied through a garden gate a fit young gal having an al fresco tea party with her family. He exclaimed how much he would love to meet her and his friend straightway said 'Then you shall!'  Oliver strode in and doffing his hat announced to the damsel's papa 'Allow me to introduce my friend Richard Fenton, the celebrated Welsh poet!' It all went swimmingly [who needs Tinder with friends like that?] and after they took their leave Richard asked Oliver how long he had known the girl's father. 'Never met him in my life before' was the reply, 'but I thought that if you wanted to flirt with that stunner you should'. 
Poor Oliver G. died soon after his generous deed but Richard and Eloise married and lived  happily ever after (although when he had this mansion built Richard unwittingly encroached upon a field that had already been promised to a local fisherwoman and she threatened to invoke a fishwive's curse upon his family. He had to build her a cottage and maintain her for the rest of her life to avoid it.)

This is all completely true as per an article here from The Pembrokeshire Historical Society.

Another Fishguard photographer, RJG,  has joined Blipfoto and although I haven't yet met him i have been admiring his local views for some time - do look at this one in particular.