page_title: Cuffern Manor, Pembrokeshire
section_title: The Massy family
hierarchical_section_title: Cuffern Manor, Pembrokeshire / The Massy family
caption_attribution_description: English: Sale information about Cuffern Manor, Pembrokeshire in 1918
context_page_description: Cuffern Manor in Roch, Pembrokeshire is a house of historical significance and is listed on the Wales Heritage Register. It was built in 1770 by John Rees Stokes shortly after he inherited a fortune from his cousin. It remained in the Stokes family for the next 150 years. Today it provides bed and breakfast accommodation and caters for special events particularly weddings.
context_section_description: Emma Elizabeth Rhys Massy (1850-1932) was born in 1850. In 1881 she married Arthur Wellington Massy (1846-1916) who was the son of Edward Taylor Massy of Cottesmore, Haverfordwest. Arthur was described as a “gentleman” who was “living on his own means”. For much of the first part of their married life they lived at Cuffern with Emma’s mother Sophia who was at this time very elderly. Sophia died at the advanced age of 95 in 1907 and left the house to Emma. The couple had four sons one of whom, Hugh Massy, received the award of Military Cross in 1916. A photo of the family at Cuffern is shown.
  The Massey family held numerous fetes on the grounds of Cuffern to raise money for the district nurses fund. One event in 1907 was described in the following terms.
  "Bright and sunny weather favoured the sale of work in aid of the Roch and Nolton District Nurse's Fund at Cuffern on Tuesday last, and that picturesque old mansion, with its stately trees and trim lawn, presented a gay and charming appearance. Tables had been laid out on the lower edge of the lawn, whereon the many articles contributed for sale, ranging in all varieties, from the useful to the ornamental, were tastefully displayed. Amusements had also been provided for in the shape of a shooting gallery, Aunt Sally, and a swing for the little ones."
  Arthur died in 1916 and two years later Cuffern was advertised for sale. The Estate was divided up and sold in separate sections. The buyers for each section was outlined in a newspaper article which is shown. The buyer for Cuffern House was Joseph Roberts from Tierson near Milford Haven.
caption: Sale information about the Cuffern Estate in 1918
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