Dunraven Castle was a mansion on the South Wales coast near Southerndown

Southerndown

Southerndown is a village in South Wales to the southwest of Bridgend, close to St Brides Major, Llantwit Major and Ogmore-by-Sea. It is mostly known for its beach , which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months and since 1972 has been designated a Heritage Coast and is part of...

. It was built in 1803 and demolished in 1963.
The site of the castle was the location for several earlier buildings, the first of which is said to have been built by Armand Botiler in the mid-12th century. By the 16th century, a manor house owned by the Vaughan family stood on the site, its existence recorded by John Leland. In 1642 it was sold to the Wyndham family. It passed into the hands of Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

Edwin Richard Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl KP, FRS was a British Peer. He was styled Viscount Adare from 1824 to 1850....

, MP for Glamorganshire 1837-1851, through his wife Caroline, and was lived in until after the Second World War, having been used as a military hospital.

The castle's walled garden survives and is in the care of the Vale of Glamorgan

Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales...

Council.