Farms (open to visitors) · South Wales
Croft-Y-Bwla
In or near Dixton.
Croft-Y-Bwla — a Grade II*-listed farm in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Nearest railway station
- Rookwood · 9.5 km
- Family-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Croft-Y-Bwla, the nearest railway station is Rookwood, located 9.5 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is NP25 5GB. Entry details are not provided, so please check in advance for accessibility information.
About
Croft-Y-Bwla is a Grade II*-listed building in wales-south, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=2371
From Cadw under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Wye Valley
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Croft-Y-Bwla is a country house and farm 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Monmouth, south-east Wales. The house was built around 1830 and was designed by the noted Monmouth architect George Vaughan Maddox. It has been listed as Grade II since 1974. Part of the estate is being developed for housing, under the name Parc Glyndwr. During archaeological investigations in advance of development, excavations revealed the remains of a Neolithic crannog built on a man-made island away from the shore of a now-vanished lake, as well as evidence of a Bronze Age boatbuilding community on the site.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Croft-Y-Bwla was built in about 1830 for Thomas Dyke, a Monmouth grocer, and was designed by G.V. Maddox. It is sited on a low spur of land with a distant view of the town. The two-storey house is of classical design, square in plan with three bays on each side. The walls are smoothly rendered. The entrance porch is of greenish stone from the Forest of Dean, with a pair of Doric columns. On the south-east side there is a verandah, described in 2000 as "exquisite" but "much decayed". The actress Helen Barry once lived at the house with her husband Major Alexander Rolls (1818–1882), who was Mayor of Monmouth between 1870 and 1874 and the brother of John Etherington Welch Rolls. Col J.H.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.8182, -2.7396
- District
- Monmouthshire
- Parish
- Monmouth
- Postcode
- NP25 5GB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Nearest railway station
- Rookwood — 9.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q614797 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Croft-Y-Bwla (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Croft-Y-Bwla?
- Croft-Y-Bwla is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP25 5GB), in the parish of Monmouth.
- What is Croft-Y-Bwla?
- Croft-Y-Bwla — a Grade II*-listed farm in wales-south, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Croft-Y-Bwla?
- The nearest railway station is Rookwood, about 9.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode NP25 5GB.
- Who owns Croft-Y-Bwla?
- Croft-Y-Bwla is owned by | current_tenants =.
- Is Croft-Y-Bwla a listed building?
- Croft-Y-Bwla is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- Is Croft-Y-Bwla a protected site?
- Yes — Croft-Y-Bwla is part of the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Wye Valley National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Croft-Y-Bwla?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NP25 5GB. It sits within the Monmouthshire parliamentary constituency.