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
24154
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/10/2000  
Date of Amendment
19/10/2000  
Name of Property
Walls to Terraced Garden at Lower Dyffryn  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Grosmont  
Town
Abergavenny  
Locality
The Dyffryn  
Easting
343491  
Northing
222760  
Street Side
 
Location
The garden lies to the W of house at Lower Dyffryn, overlooking the former medieval or Tudor fishponds.  

Description


Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces  
Period
 

History
Probably late C16 or early C17 terraced garden. A drain carries water under the garden to the fishponds, which suggests that the fishponds are contemporary or possibly earlier than the garden.  

Exterior
Rubble stone with dry stone walls. Large terrace to W of Lower Dyffryn house, is bounded on S and W sides by a low wall, and to N by a higher wall. Below the terrace revetment wall are the remains of medieval or Tudor fishponds. In centre of N wall is a rounded alcove with a small central window overlooking the fishponds and the River Monnow below.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as important remains of C16 formal walled and terraced garden . Group value with the house and listed buildings at Lower Dyffryn.  

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