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
21230
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
29/01/1999  
Date of Amendment
29/01/1999  
Name of Property
South Terrace and Revetment at Merthyr Mawr House  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Bridgend  
Community
Merthyr Mawr  
Town
 
Locality
Merthyr Mawr House  
Easting
288873  
Northing
177912  
Street Side
 
Location
On the S side of the house.  

Description


Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  
Period
 

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. Merthyr Mawr House was built in the period 1806-9 and the park and gardens laid out later, with a garden on the S and W of the house, a kitchen garden to the E and wooded pleasure grounds to the N on Chapel Hill and to the SW. The terrace revetments on the S side of the house were added in the early C20, replacing grass terraces which were still in existence in 1899.  

Exterior
A long wall of rubble sandstone with short return walls at the ends, with square stone piers at the angles and flanking central stone steps. The wall has a flat stone coping and the piers have concrete vases. The terrace is paved with concrete.  

Interior
 

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

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