Old Sker House - Its History And What WAS It Like Inside? (Before The Renovation)

Sker House near Porthcawl, we look at its history and show some pictures taken inside the house before the restoration when it was still a ghostly grey ruin.
Although Sker House is one of the important historical buildings of South Wales just keep in mind that the house is privately owned and occupied so respect their privacy.
The pictures were taken in 1986 when Sker House was still derelict, it really looked like a classic haunted house. The house has since been restored and was sold back in 2003. The house was open to the public for 28 days a year for the first 10 years but now there’s no longer any public access.
Sker House was originally founded by the monks of Neath Abbey as one of five farms or 'granges' to support the Abbey. During the 16th century, the house was extensively remodelled although it still followed most of the original floor plan.
Due to the remote location on Sker Point, it is easy to see why it is the location for a number of ghost stories, the most famous being the story of the ‘Maid Of Sker’ made famous in the novel by R. D. Blackmore.
Recently, a local video game developer released a ‘Maid Of Sker’ horror game loosely based on the story.
‘Sker House - Its History And What WAS It Like Inside Before The Restoration?’- Filmed March 2021 #Porthcawl #VisitWales #Sker
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[@boastyy]

Thanks for the video. Went there a few times, once with a bunch of my friends in the middle of the night, this was in the 80's. It was creepy enough walking across the fields in the pitch black, then my friend said he could hear something. I laughed as I knew he was freaked in the dark. Out of the darkness a bunch of cows appeared and started running after us. Was chaos, people screaming and I will always remember my friend perfectly diving over the barbed wire fence with a cow right behind him. We went into the house and checked out all the rooms. Many of the floorboards were missing upstairs and there were birds and feathers everwhere. There was even a fox skeleton in one of the rooms upstairs. Freaked the girls out when I pointed out that what they were standing on, ha. Only one of us had a torch but we stayed there for a couple of hours but nothing eventful happened, apart from those cows..lol.

[@maggienificent]

Wow, what a beautiful building. Thank you for sharing Marcus, and thank you to the owner of the photographs!

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, it's a great building in a remote location on Sker Point. We would love to live there.

[@keithmorris375]

Thoroughly enjoyable video, keep up the good work! Bet you could have done with a nice drink in the Rose and Crown afterwards!

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks. It the same on all these walks, when your tired and want warming up all the pubs are shut. Hopefully in the spring and summer things will start to open up.

[@AlexJacksonTempleSounds]

I went in there several times in the 70s as a boy, exploring and playing and there was someone living in 1 small room. There was still furniture and some paintings on the walls. Creepy place. Some of the architectural features inside, doorways, some windows and lintels are obviously older than the present structure and have been incorporated in from the original grange I expect.

[@flydriveexplore]

Yes, they probably salvaged and reused parts in the rebuild. It would be interesting to see inside now.

[@AlexJacksonTempleSounds]

@@flydriveexplore I've been inside and its beautiful.

[@tonybraushaw6659]

I did same and got scared

[@flydriveexplore]

Just a reminder that Sker House is a private residence and occupied so respect their privacy when visiting the area, thanks. More stories about Sker House and other Ghosts of Glamorgan kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX62lKN-prygZpY

[@michellebruce5092]

Great view. I enjoyed the video. Can't wait to see more. I enjoyed the history lessons also. Your videos are always enjoyable. Have a great day 😀

[@flydriveexplore]

I'll be making some more local ones over the autumn.

[@David_Nurse]

Nice video Marcus, and pass on thanks to the photo contributor. Let's hope you get a chance to look inside for us.

[@flydriveexplore]

I hope so, I'll pass on your thanks.

[@kramer6564]

Great video guys. I'm only know discovering the rich history of my town and surroundings. Your videos help so much. Well done and keep up the good work.

[@flydriveexplore]

Cheers, glad you like them!

[@johnypic1]

A damn good effort , and the chat is good as well .

[@flydriveexplore]

Thank you

[@doriannewton8440]

I absolutely love your channel.

[@flydriveexplore]

Thank you for taking the time to watch

[@pmaughmer]

Great video, planning to stream the game soon and wanted to get info on the actual history/House of Sker. Quite interesting, thanks for posting.

[@flydriveexplore]

Glad you enjoyed, cheers.

[@whattovisitinromania5044]

Interesting facts! Nice video! ❤️

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks! 😊

[@woodsy555]

Great channel 👍👍👍

[@flydriveexplore]

Thank you 👍

[@SigisTravelVideos]

Thanks for the history lesson!

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks

[@aaronrees9326]

Love the video's been watching them a while now and im originally from porthcawl didn't no about half the remains / places you have pointed out I did try the old rail lines through moor lane and on but got confused and gave up 😂 the ones you have done on the the ss samtampa really helped may actually find it next time 3/3 🤞me and my brother going to take a trip soon see if we get lucky when the tides out see the engine and memorial plaque

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks 👍

[@1971382]

Brilliant video! My brother has been following you for awhile and said I should check out your channel, and I’m glad I did 👍🏼

[@flydriveexplore]

Welcome aboard!

[@BikeThrottleOfficial]

Great video. Would love to see your take on the Bronze Age burial mounds that line the top of the Garth Mountain sometime.

[@flydriveexplore]

Hopefully from this weekend we can now look a little further. I'm going to be taking a look at Stormy Down castle which not many people know about.

[@sussimoon9037]

It was an eerie old house Sker house.

[@flydriveexplore]

It definitely was.

[@aimeebevan2623]

That intro sound is that from a tv show ? I’ve been here for hours trying to figure it out but great video !

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, no it's not from any TV show. It's just a couple of sounds from the KZbin audio library put together.

[@snowman3630]

GOOD STUFF M&M OF THE HISTORY OF SKER AND A TRUE SHAME THAT IT'S NOT OPEN , GREAT THEY SAVED IT BUT FOR WHAT TO SIT EMPTY , MAYBE ONE DAY YOU WILL GIVE US A HISTORICAL TOUR OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE VROUNDS TOO , OHHH WELL TAKE CARE FOLKS 👌 INDEED 👌

[@flydriveexplore]

Thanks, it is now privately owned must be a nice place to live.

[@terrycollett1461]

Great video,very interesting.Who lives there now.

[@flydriveexplore]

The restored house was sold to Niall Ferguson, a professor of history. I think he still owns it.

[@addie8997]

lol I just found out that this house was once passed to my family in like the 12th century and then I think someone was arrested and hung but that is all I know.

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

The Maid of Sker or whatever the story was. Woo-hoo-hoo. I remember it as a kid growing up in Ogmore Valley. Love those old legends.

[@tonybraushaw6659]

Omg god guys I’m 42 and still go there camping in my own and it scary

[@OnASeasideMission]

Hard to imagine a family still living there in the sixties. As I can best recall, it was just one or two rooms on the ground floor. Think I went inside on a visit but would have been quite small.

[@flydriveexplore]

Yes, it was really run down and must have been barely habitable in the 60s

[@davidllfoster396]

@@flydriveexplore Iris and Rhys Evans used to farm Sker and were still living there until about 1975 I'm fairly sure, when they retired to Kenfig, as I worked for them in 1966-7 but visited after I'd moved to Canada when I came back to see my mother who had sadly died just before I got there, as my parents had moved into my grandmother's house called Waun-Y-Mer opposite to what was the Maid of Sker pub in the late 'sixties.....Sir Gareth Edwards acquired Waun-Y-Mer eventually, that is now double the size as so much has changed along West Rd, whereas the Rest, Pink Bay, Sker, Parc Newydd, Moor Lane and old Nottage are still virtually unchanged quite as they were, happily when Auntie Mabel apportioned out the Worthington bitter ~ your video walks are just excellent and much appreciated, so many thanks

[@flydriveexplore]

@@davidllfoster396 Thanks for the detailed info and taking the time to comment, glad it hasn't changed that much and thanks for watching.

[@johnnywalking83]

Wow, that place was a total disaster! Are there any pictures from when the house was open to the public?

[@flydriveexplore]

There must be some out there but I haven't seen any. The only ones I've seen were from a feature in Country Life magazine but there' not that many

[@555Trout]

Does Neil Ferguson own it now?

[@flydriveexplore]

Not sure if he still does.

[@555Trout]

@@flydriveexplore I saw him on Hoover Institution posted today where he mentioned he was in whales which lead me on a goose chase to see if he lived there too. He must have 5 houses .

[@MagnusMaximusinWales]

@@William22M Why? It was fully restored when he bought it.