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Garth (Guilsfield)
Garth was an important and historic house in the township of Garth in Guilsfield in Montgomeryshire. In the 18th century it became the home of the Mytton family who had originally been Shrewsbury mercers, who derived their wealth from the Montgomeryshire weaving industry. They had settled at Pontyscoweryd in Meifod and at Halston in Shropshire. The most famous members of the family were General Mytton, the Parliamentary Commander in the Civil War in the Marches and “Mad Jack Mytton”, the eccentric 19th. century squire of Halston. Probably at the end of the 18th. century a grandiose rebuilding scheme was started by Devereux Mytton. His grandson, Richard Mytton, who inherited Garth in 1809 at the age of 23 was faced with financial problems. The Myttons were never able to afford to live in style in this house. It is often stated that it cost nearly £100,000 to build〔'Humphreys", (1996), 116, gives the cost as £30,000 , but that Richard Mytton on inheriting also spent £43,000 on the purchase of Trefnannau and other local estates.〕 The family continued to own the house until 1947, when it was finally demolished.〔Lloyd, T.,(1986) The Lost houses of Wales, pp. 38-9.〕
==Earlier History==
Garth is a historic site of considerable antiquity. It may have been the home of Sir Griffith Vychan who had fought at Agincourt in 1415,〔Williams G. (1998). ''Sir Gruffydd Fychan (?-1447)'' Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 86, p17-28〕 and was descended from Brochwel Ysgithrog, Prince of Powys. Humphrey Wynn of Garth who was living in 1569 was forth in descent from Gruffydd Fychan. His grandson was Brochwel Wynn, whose daughter Dorothy, was to marry Richard Mytton of Pontescowryd in Meifod in 1717.〔Burke J (1835), ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain'', pp. 523-5〕 With this marriage, Garth passed to the Mytton family. Richard Mytton rebuilt the front portion of the house in brick with fashionable Georgian Venetian windows. Richard Mytton was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1730. His son Devereux Mytton was to live at Garth until his death in 1809. It appears that Devereux Mytton had already embarked on an ambitious building programme at Garth before his grandson Richard Mytton inherited Garth, at the age 23, in 1809〔"Loudon", (1839), 965-966〕 His grandson Richard probable completed the stable block, but found himself faced with considerable debts; and the families finances was not helped by the collapse of Mytton's Bank in Welshpool. Richard Mytton left for France in 1811 to avoid bankruptcy, and, by the skilful use of Trusts, the family managed to retain Garth and most of its estate.〔Documentation in the Shropshire Record Office. There was also a case in the Court of Chancery in 1834 concerning the Trust's validity〕 After the death of Richard Mytton in 1828, Garth continued to be lived in by Richard's wife Charlotte until about 1850, when her son Richard Herbert Mytton, who had joined the Bengal Civil Service returned from India. In 1856 he became High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire. His son Devereux Herbert Mytton succeeded him on his death in 1869.〔Pughe, G. R.(Rev), (1890), Mytton of Garth, Montgomeryshire Collections, Vol 24, 277-294〕
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