Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
85228
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/08/2005
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
Retaining Wall of Bowling Green at The Kymin
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
The Kymin
Easting
352844
Northing
212487
Street Side
Location
On the top of the hill overlooking the town on the east side, which is approached from the Staunton Road.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The Bowling Green was levelled and constructed for the members of The Kymin Club who assembled here on Tuesday evenings in summer to dine and play bowls. The date is probably closely contemporary with the Kymin Roundhouse (qv) built in 1794. Its situation, set into the hillside on one flank, suggests that it could also have been used as an archery ground. Monmouthshire County Council gave the site to the National Trust in 1902 after a public subscription.
Exterior
Red sandstone rubble wall round three sides of a square with the green set into the hillside on the west. The wall has a cock-and-hen coping and is about 1m high internally and rises to about 2.5m at its greatest height on the outside.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest and association with the Kymin Roundhouse.
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