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Dam and Retaining Walls of Pond by the Walled Garden at Piercefield Park

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Arvans, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6589 / 51°39'32"N

Longitude: -2.6848 / 2°41'5"W

OS Eastings: 352728

OS Northings: 195793

OS Grid: ST527957

Mapcode National: GBR JL.6RCM

Mapcode Global: VH87M.FK0M

Plus Code: 9C3VM858+H3

Entry Name: Dam and Retaining Walls of Pond by the Walled Garden at Piercefield Park

Listing Date: 14 February 2001

Last Amended: 14 February 2001

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24776

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300024776

Location: About 50m north of the east end of the Walled Garden at Piercefield House.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Chepstow

Community: St. Arvans

Community: Chepstow

Locality: Piercefield Park

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Wall Dam

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History

This pool probably formed a part of the gardens laid out round Piercefield House by Valentine Morris in the 1760s and 1770s. The elaborate dam was necessary to retain water at the top of the cliff and the niche appears to have held the housing for a ram pump. For further history of the Piercefield estate see Piercefield House.

Exterior

Stone rubble wall forming a bowed dam with a central arched niche which must originally have contained a fountain. Below this is another niche which still has an iron water pipe in it. This dam is about 3m in height in the centre and is about 30m in length. It forms one side of a rectangular pool which is enclosed by low rubble walls on the other sides. The pool is now almost dry.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a late C18 garden water feature which, despite damage, remains a significant component of the nationally important historic landscape of Piercefield Park.

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