page_title: Foresthall mansion
hierarchical_section_title: Foresthall mansion
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Fforestfach in the 1860s
context_page_description: Foresthall House was a mansion-like house that existed within the site of the Swansea suburb of Fforestfach until the 1970s, when the old and crumbling mansion was bought by Swansea council and demolished in order to make way for various new estates.
  The mansion was located on the western side of Ravenhill, and had a garden stretching from the mansion itself to the far back end of Cadle woods. The mansion dated back as far as the 1860s as many ordinance survey maps from 1861-8 show the mansion's existence, the owner of the mansion planted many trees around his land most notably the Aesculus hippocastanum tree, which can still be see today in the local area. The owner of the house is blamed for the local Japanese knotweed problem within the Swansea area, as back in 19th-century Japanese knotweed was used commonly as a potted plant for ornamental use and was also used on his land to prevent soil erosion.
context_section_description: Foresthall House (or Fforestfach House) was a mansion-like house that existed within the site of the Swansea suburb of Fforestfach until the 1970s, when the old and crumbling mansion was bought by Swansea council and demolished in order to make way for various new estates.
  The mansion was located on the western side of Ravenhill, and had a garden stretching from the mansion itself to the far back end of Cadle woods. The mansion dated back as far as the 1860s as many ordinance survey maps from 1861-8 show the mansion's existence , the owner of the mansion planted many trees around his land most notably the Aesculus hippocastanum tree (Horse Chestnut Tree), which can still be see today in the local area. The owner of the house is blamed for the local Japanese knotweed problem within the Swansea area, as back in 19th-century Japanese knotweed was used commonly as a potted plant for ornamental use and was also used on his land to prevent soil erosion.
caption: Ordnance Survey map from 1860 showing the Fforestfach area
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