Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
19260
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/01/1998
Date of Amendment
29/01/1998
Name of Property
Terrace walls, steps, garden walls, gatepiers and gates at Trewyn House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Crucorney
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Trewyn
Easting
332896
Northing
222860
Street Side
Location
Below the south east front of Trewyn House forming the main approach.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C17 or early C18; probably closely comntemporary with the house of 1692. Part of a formal garden layout of the period which survives largely in its original form.
Exterior
Red sandstone rubble walls with some red brick, ashlar gatepiers, wrought iron gates. The garden gate piers are square in section and have cornices and carved stone vases with swags. Iron double gates which appear C18. These are flanked by brick dwarf walls topped by spear railings with vases to the main stanchions. The side walls of the courtyard garden are rubble with triangular coping. Two terraces with retaining walls and flights of steps between.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* for the particular interest of this virtually unaltered late C17/early C18 walled and terraced garden having close group value with the grade II* Trewyn House.
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