Rustic Lodge in American Gardens, Trevethin, Torfaen

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7112 / 51°42'40"N

Longitude: -3.0292 / 3°1'45"W

OS Eastings: 328986

OS Northings: 201881

OS Grid: SO289018

Mapcode National: GBR J4.3GR3

Mapcode Global: VH79S.F8Y2

Plus Code: 9C3RPX6C+F8

Entry Name: Rustic Lodge in American Gardens

Listing Date: 12 December 1972

Last Amended: 29 May 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3130

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300003130

Location: In the American gardens of Pontypool Park some 800m north east of the Penygarn entrance.

County: Torfaen

Town: Pontypool

Community: Trevethin (Trefddyn)

Community: Trevethin

Locality: Pontypool Park

Built-Up Area: Pontypool

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

A cottage orne dating from 1841, and thus predating the laying out of the American Gardens of Pontypool Park. The area was developed in the 1850's with the introduction of American conifers into an area of existing deciduous woodland. Such gardens became popular following the introduction of redwoods and Douglas firs from North America, and this building was originally the woodkeeper's cottage.

Exterior

L-shaped early 19th century cottage orne. The main wing has 2 storeys and one window, the L-wing one storey and one window. Built of coursed squared rock- faced limestone laid roughly at different depths. Tiled roof. Three-light casement windows with lozenge glazing and keyed heads. Small bay window on ground floor of the two storey section, canted with five lights, with timber mullions and transom and tiled roof. Half hipped gable with scalloped barge-boards. Tall rough stack with three flues, single storey wing roof also half-hipped. The end wall has a picturesque porch with a similarly scalloped gable. Entrance and modern kitchen extension to right rear.

Interior

The interior was not available for inspection at the time of resurvey (October 1996).

Reasons for Listing

A good example of a picturesque estate lodge, part of the important Pontypool Park.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Tanyard Cottage in American Gardens
In the American Gardens of Pontypool Park some 1000m north east of the Penygarn entrance.
II Church Farm
To the north east of St. Cadoc's and the east of Mount Road on the edge of open countryside; an old farmhouse with an urban setting on one side and an extremely rural one on the other.
II Barn at Twyn-gwyn Farm
At Twyn-gwyn Farm 40m south west of the farmhouse.
II Twyn-gwyn Farm
On the east side of Trevethin to the north of Pontypool Park, approached by the road through American Gardens from Penygarn.
II Tabernacle Baptist Church
Set back from the road at the north end of Penygarn in an area of late Victorian and modern housing but with its own quite extensive cemetery.
II Tomb of William Edmunds at Tabernacle Baptist Church
In the small paved area in front of Tabernacle Baptist Church.
II Tomb of John Phillips at Tabernacle Baptist Church
In the small paved area in front of Tabernacle Baptist Church
II Tomb of Margaret Davies in St. Cadoc's Churchyard.
In St Cadoc's Churchyard about 20m east of the chancel.

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Rustic Lodge in American Gardens

A Grade II Listed Building in Trevethin, Torfaen