Coordinates: 51°31′52″N 3°35′46″W / 51.531°N 3.596°W
Court Colman Manor is a historic Tudor mansion (now a hotel) in Pen-y-fai, Bridgend, South Wales. The property belonged to Margam Abbey until the Dissolution, after which it passed through several hands. It was built in 1766 by Hopkin Rees (1729–1780) and enlarged and modified in 1907 by Robert William Llewellyn (1848–1910).
There are records that the building could date back to Tudor times because in 1914 the local historian T. M Price described an old Tudor Gate which was at the end of a walled garden (now demolished) near the house bearing the date 1638 which he said was “direct evidence that the house which H. Rees erected in 1766 was on or near the site of a previous older house of 1638.” Price also stated that he thought that a wall of the West wing of the present house was part of this original Tudor house.
The Thomas family of Llanmigangel is thought to have erected the original 1638 mansion as it is known that about this time they had connections with the Court Colman estate. Also the original Tudor Gate bore the initials F. T. which was probably Francis Thomas. During the Civil War the property was given to John Watkins as a reward for his loyalty to the Parliamentary Cause led by Oliver Cromwell. He gave the house to his younger brother and after this Benjamin Watkins inherited the property.
Sometime after this Hopkin Rees (1687–1758) who was Sherriff of Glamorgan purchased the estate and after his death his son Hopkin Rees (1729–1780) inherited the house. His son William Rees died childless in 1820 and as he left no will there were extended legal proceedings about the rightful heir to the property. Eventually the house was sold to William Llewellyn in 1837.