Garden walls to S, W and N of Nantygarth, Graig, Newport

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5856 / 51°35'8"N

Longitude: -3.1183 / 3°7'5"W

OS Eastings: 322619

OS Northings: 188007

OS Grid: ST226880

Mapcode National: GBR J0.CBCQ

Mapcode Global: VH6DV.WDVV

Plus Code: 9C3RHVPJ+6M

Entry Name: Garden walls to S, W and N of Nantygarth

Listing Date: 22 August 2003

Last Amended: 22 August 2003

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 81796

ID on this website: 300081796

Location: On the W side of Lower Machen and on the N side of the main road through the village.

County: Newport

Town: Newport

Community: Graig

Locality: Lower Machen

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Wall

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History

Picturesque Gothic garden wall to former outer garden of Machen House, now surrounding C20 house, Nantygarth. Wall is similar to that on W side of existing Machen House gardens. The walls are part of the Gothic setting of Machen House built 1831 for the Rev. C.A.S. Morgan.

Exterior

Walls of purple rubble stone with end-on coping stones, S wall runs W from driveway with pointed arched doorway in grey stone to left of driveway. At left end, SW corner tower of two walls with pointed opening to each outlined in squared grey stone and battlements. Wall then runs N with sequence from SW of corner tower, square pier, raised section of wall, square pier, another raised wall, pier and NW corner tower. The raised sections of wall have a pointed loop and 3 battlements alternately gabled and square, the piers are square with chamfered caps and small sandstone obelisk finials. The top corner tower is cruder than SW feature, with one blocked pointed opening. Plain garden wall runs back along N side to join garden wall of Machen House at another tower feature, this one with one E face into Machen House garden and one S into Nantygarth garden.

Reasons for Listing

Included as part of the group of Gothic estate buildings associated with Machen House.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Volland House, The Forge, No 3 and Volland Cottage
On the W side of Lower Machen and on the N side of the main road through the village.
II The Toll House
On the W side of Lower Machen and on the S side of the main road through the village.
II Footbridge over lake at Machen House
Some 65m SW of the house in Lower Machen. Machen House is set in its own grounds beside the Parish Church.
II Gatepiers, gate and garden walls to Machen House
On the S and W side of the house in Lower Machen. Machen House is set in its own grounds beside the Parish Church.
II The Old Post
On S side of village main road, some 150m SW of the church.
II* Machen House including attached outbuildings and curved screen wall
In the centre of the village immediately to W of the Parish Church. Set in its own landscaped grounds and reached by short drive with gate piers.
II Front gates and railings to The Cottage
On the E side of the road N through Lower Machen village, some 100m S of the Church of Saint Michael.
II Trough and surround in wall to The Court
On the W side of the road N through Lower Machen village just S of the churchyard gates.

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Garden walls to S, W and N of Nantygarth

A Grade II Listed Building in Graig, Newport