Subject: RE: FOI 2026-020 - Great House Farm, Llandough | Cardiff Castle Furniture From: FOI Requests Direction: received Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:43 UTC Institution: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales Refs: none Archive id: gm-19fff7114be8ace0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Sion Thank you for your email. Following receipt of your query, Amgueddfa Cymru undertook further enquiries to satisfy itself that no information had been overlooked when responding to your request. These enquiries included a review of records held across the Museum's collections and a review of archived electronic systems and records by the Museum's Information Technology team. The review considered all collections management systems used by the Museum, including those most likely to contain information falling within the scope of your request. For the History collections, searches were undertaken of the Collections Management System (CMS), accession files, donor indexes, location indexes and associated collection documentation. Searches were carried out using terms including "Great House Farm", "Ty Mawr", "Llandough", "Buckler" and "Bute". Additional consideration was given to acquisition records, provenance information and associated administrative records. For the Art collections, searches were undertaken within the collections management system across description, comments, acquisition notes and place fields using the terms "Ty Mawr", "Great House Farm", "Great House", "Williams", "Buckler", "Llandough" and combinations of those terms. No additional paper archives relating to Great House Farm, Ty Mawr, Great House or Buckler were identified. The Museum's Information Technology team also reviewed archived electronic systems and records retained by the Museum. These enquiries identified some information relating generally to Great House Farm and the surrounding area. However, no information was identified concerning furniture, furnishings, antiques, fixtures, heirlooms or other movable property originating from Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough. We did not identify any inventories, catalogues, acquisition records, disposal records, loan records, provenance files, ownership records, photographs, correspondence or other records falling within categories 1 to 9 of your request. We are also not aware of any relevant collection records relating to such material having been transferred to another institution or destroyed. Accordingly, having completed these additional enquiries, Amgueddfa Cymru remains satisfied that it does not hold recorded information within the scope of your request and our response under section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 remains unchanged. In relation to your request for advice and assistance, Cardiff Council and Cardiff Castle would appear to be the organisations most likely to hold records relating to furniture, furnishings or other movable property associated with Great House Farm. If you remain dissatisfied with this response, you may request an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this email. Cofion cynnes, [A picture containing text, tableware, plate, dishware Description automatically generated] FOI Team [cid:image002.png@01DD2BCC.D7F93860] [email redacted]<[email redacted]> amgueddfa.cymru | museum.wales Rhif elusen | Charity number 525774 From: Sion Buckler <[email redacted]> Sent: 03 August 2026 17:29 To: FOI Requests <[email redacted]> Subject: Re: FOI 2026-020 - Great House Farm, Llandough | Cardiff Castle Furniture This email comes from outside the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless it is an email you expected to receive. Dear FOI Team, Thank you for your response. I note your position that Amgueddfa Cymru does not hold recorded information within the scope of my request. However, I would be grateful if you could clarify the searches undertaken to reach that conclusion. In particular, please confirm: * Which collections management systems, databases and "associated records" were searched. * Whether searches extended beyond accessioned objects to include acquisition files, provenance files, curator correspondence, donor files, temporary custody records, unaccessioned material, photographs and administrative records. * The search terms used (for example: "Great House Farm", "Ty Mawr", "Llandough", "Williams", "Buckler", "Bute Estate" and any other relevant variants). * Whether any potentially relevant records have been transferred to another institution or destroyed in accordance with a retention policy. My original request was not limited to identifying surviving objects. It also sought records relating to their provenance, acquisition, transfer, ownership, photographs and correspondence. This reflects the fact that the contents of Great House Farm may have been dispersed following the property's demolition, meaning relevant records could exist even if no objects were ultimately accessioned by the Museum. If, following those searches, Amgueddfa Cymru remains satisfied that no recorded information is held, I would be grateful for confirmation of that position. Finally, if you are aware of another public authority that is more likely to hold records falling within the scope of my request, I would appreciate your advice in accordance with your duty to provide advice and assistance. Thank you for your assistance. Yours faithfully, Sion Buckler On Mon, 3 Aug 2026, 10:39 FOI Requests, <[email redacted]<[email redacted]>> wrote: Dear Sion Thank you for your request for information received on 2nd July 2026, concerning furniture, furnishings, antiques, fixtures, heirlooms and other movable property originating from Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough. Following searches of the Museum's collections management systems and associated records, Amgueddfa Cymru has not identified any furniture, furnishings, antiques, fixtures, heirlooms or other movable property recorded as originating from Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough. Accordingly, Amgueddfa Cymru does not hold recorded information falling within the scope of items 1 to 9 of your request relating to such objects. For clarity: * We have not identified any objects of the type described in your request as originating from Great House Farm. * We have not identified inventories, catalogues, acquisition records, disposal records, loan records, provenance files, ownership records, photographs, correspondence, reports, memoranda or related records concerning such objects within the scope of your request. * We have not identified any records relating to the identification, recovery, ownership or location of furniture or household effects from Great House Farm. We note your references to archaeological material from land associated with Great House Farm. However, archaeological finds are outside the scope of this response because they do not fall within your request for furniture, furnishings, antiques, fixtures, heirlooms and other movable property. We understand that archaeological material is the subject of a separate information request and will be dealt with separately. Under section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, our response is therefore that Amgueddfa Cymru does not hold the requested information. Cofion cynnes, [A picture containing text, tableware, plate, dishware Description automatically generated] FOI Team [cid:image002.png@01DD2BCC.D7F93860] [email redacted]<[email redacted]> amgueddfa.cymru | museum.wales Rhif elusen | Charity number 525774 From: Sion Buckler <[email redacted]<[email redacted]>> Sent: 02 July 2026 20:51 To: [email redacted]<[email redacted]> Cc: [email redacted]<[email redacted]>; [email redacted]<[email redacted]>; [email redacted]<[email redacted]>; [email redacted]<[email redacted]>; FOI Requests <[email redacted]<[email redacted]>>; [email redacted]<[email redacted]>; [email redacted]<[email redacted]>; National Library of Wales <[email redacted]<[email redacted]>> Subject: ALLANOL/EXTERNAL - Great House Farm, Llandough | Cardiff Castle Furniture You don't often get email from [email redacted]<[email redacted]>. Learn why this is important Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request Sir/Madam, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I seek all recorded information held concerning furniture, furnishings, antiques, fixtures, heirlooms and other movable property originating from Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Llandough, including any and all items we received from Bute Estate, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff Council. Weather it be museums, archives or any other public body. I know museums have artifacts from our land in Llandough. Specifically, I request copies of all: 1. Inventories, catalogues and asset registers. 2. Acquisition, disposal, loan and transfer records. 3. Provenance files and ownership records. 4. Photographs of items identified as originating from Great House Farm. 5. Correspondence concerning the identification, recovery, ownership or location of such items. 6. Internal reports, legal advice and memoranda relating to Great House Farm furniture or household effects. 7. Correspondence mentioning the Buckler or Williams families in connection with these items. 8. Records concerning any efforts by Cardiff Council or Cardiff Castle to trace, recover or secure items believed to have originated from Great House Farm. 9. Correspondence with the Bute Estate, museums, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), Arts Council England or any other public authority regarding objects from Great House Farm. For context, I am allegeing that my family was unlawfully dispossessed of Great House Farm through fraud, and that furniture and other historic possessions belonging to the family were consequently dispersed. It's possible the bailiffs from BP were also SAS soldiers. We are still gathering actionable intelligence. I appreciate that the Freedom of Information Act does not require the authority to determine the merits of that allegation. However, it is directly relevant to understanding why I seek the recorded information. I am currently developing a full-scale replica of Great House Farm in Patagonia, Argentina as a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the house, its occupants and its contents. Should records identify surviving items from the farm, whether held by Cardiff Council, Cardiff Castle, museums or other public institutions, I intend to pursue their lawful return or transfer so they may ultimately be reunited with the reconstructed Great House Farm museum. This statement is provided solely as context for my request and does not seek a determination under the Freedom of Information Act. If any information is withheld, please identify each exemption relied upon and explain why it applies, including the outcome of any public interest test where required. If another public authority is more likely to hold the requested information, I would be grateful if you would transfer the request or advise me accordingly. I look forward to your response within the statutory time limit. Yours faithfully, Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sergeant)