History

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The first building on this site, 'Bryn-y-garn' ('hill of the rock'), was constructed in 1870 to re-house the long-established St Davids' Cathedral School, under the headship of Reverend Alfred Green, who lived here with his family and several boarders.

In 1880 it was sold to Mr and Mrs Charles Morgan of Carmarthenshire, who took paying guests. Mrs Morgan erected the walls of the kitchen garden, numerous greenhouses and a Catholic chapel in the grounds, retaining a priest at her own expense.

In 1899 the house was sold to a widow with six children, Mrs Ada Landsowne Miller-Williams, who renamed it 'Warpool Court'. Assisted by her favourite son, Basil, Ada gave full rein to her hobby - the decoration of ceramic tiles. The extraordinary panels of tiles depicting the genealogy and heraldry of the family's ancestry - many traced to the early kings of Wales - may be seen in the present dining room and bar-lounge. Other title sequences painted by Ada include a beautiful nursery frieze copied from Walter Crane's "Flora's Feast", Arcadian landscapes and illustrated maxims on love in the 'Wedgewood Room'. In 1956 Warpool Court was transformed into a country house by Mr and Mrs Glyn Lloyd, and was later run by their family until 1985, when it was sold to the present owner, Peter Trier.