History

Sir John Nicholl purchased the Merthyr Mawr Estate in 1804 and planned a new country residence away from the old manor house, Merthyr Mawr Hall (now the site of Home Farm). A new site was chosen below Chapel Hill which overlooks the Ogmore valley. In 1806 Henry Wood was engaged as architect and conceived a new house with attached offices and a stable, drawings for which were much modified by Nicholl. The wall of the service court was added in the later C19 after the servant's wing which it encloses was built in the 1850s.

Exterior

Gate piers to the service court are of ashlar with 2-tier pyramidal caps. On the R (W) side of the piers is a 6-bay wall of tooled snecked stone with 2-tier ramped coping and shallow buttresses, which has narrow fixed windows lighting a covered passage at the rear of the service wing. The wall returns to S on the W side of the service wing with coursed masonry, 2 further windows, and terminates in a square pier. On the L (E) side the gate piers the wall has a single shallow buttress, then continues as rear wall of a vehicle shed and workshop (see item 11388).

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with Merthyr Mawr House and other associated listed items.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29498569

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