In 1402 Owain Glyndwr was in the midst of a revolt against English rule.
The patriotic hero had not long started a decade long campaign against the rule of Henry IV of England and the rebellion would shape Welsh history for hundreds of years to come. But during the bloody fighting another piece of Welsh history was being forged. That same year, in the midst of an ancient hunting forest, a house was being built that to this day remains Wales' oldest house.
