▁sold ▁off , ▁followed ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁years ▁by ▁most ▁of ▁L lan rh ych w yn ▁and ▁T ref ri w . ▁ ▁The ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁by ▁the ▁Earl ▁Car r ington ▁saw ▁it ▁passing ▁out ▁of ▁inherited ▁ownership ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁over ▁ 4 0 0 ▁years , ▁and ▁virt ually ▁all ▁other ▁lands ▁were ▁subsequently ▁sold ▁off . ▁ ▁Today ▁the ▁estate ▁compr ises ▁just ▁the ▁ ▁in ▁which ▁G w yd ir ▁Castle ▁s its . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁the ▁panel led ▁main ▁d ining ▁room ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 6 4 0 s ▁was ▁stri pped , ▁the ▁car ved ▁and ▁g ild ed ▁pan elling ▁being ▁bought ▁at ▁au ction ▁by ▁William ▁Rand olph ▁H ear st , ▁the ▁American ▁press ▁baron . ▁On ▁his ▁death , ▁the ▁pan els ▁were ▁inherited ▁by ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art ▁and ▁until ▁recently ▁were ▁kept ▁in ▁storage ▁at ▁the ▁museum . ▁The ▁new ▁own ers ▁of ▁G w yd ir , ▁Peter ▁W elf ord ▁and ▁Jud y ▁Cor b ett , ▁trac ed ▁these ▁pan els ▁and ▁negoti ated ▁with ▁the ▁museum , ▁which ▁sold ▁the ▁pan els ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Cor bet ts . ▁They ▁have ▁been ▁carefully ▁replaced ▁in ▁their ▁original ▁setting , ▁and ▁the ▁restored ▁d ining ▁room ▁was ▁re - open ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁at ▁a ▁ceremony ▁attended