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The view depicts the Penpont Estate on the banks of the River Usk in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park. Penpont was the seat of the Williams family, descended from Sir Thomas Bullen. The male heir of each generation was named Penry Williams; at time it was the home of Penry Williams III (1782–1847), who was Lord lieutenant of the county of Brecon from 1836 to 1847.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeale's six-volume work is celebrated as a critical architectural record of British and Irish country estates. The text accompanying the engraved plate of this view in volume 5 describes: 'Pen Pont is pleasantly and romantically situated at the distance of five miles from the town of Brecon in the beautiful vale of Usk, upon the road to Carmarthen about midway between Trecastle and Brecon. 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