ONE of Wales’ most historic houses is throwing open its doors to the public on August Bank Holiday Monday and mounting a medieval extravaganza
designed to raise money for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK. Anna Cunningham Ingram, who lives in the largest Medieval Aisled Hall in Wales, Ty Mawr, was diagnosed with the incurable lung disease, Pulmonary Hypertension (PH), last year and more recently suffered a horrific car crash which left her in hospital for three weeks. She said: “The patient support charity, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK, has been so supportive and I want to give something back. “Because the house is so historically special, a rare surviving example of an important late medieval house typical of the Welsh Marches, it’s open to the public one weekend a month from May to October so with the Bank Holiday coming up, I thought I would try and organise something extra special.” Anna is being aided by the group, History Matters, who promote an appreciation of medieval history largely through re-enactments of events, traditions and skills central to that age.
Gary Ball, project officer for History Matters, said: “We aim to recreate the sights and sounds of medieval Wales. There will be strolling musicians, arms and armoury from the 15th century, demonstrations of the long bow and archery, spinning, shoemaking, leather stitching, wood carving, candle making, medieval cookery and more.”