Gardens · South Wales
Hilston Park
In or near Grosmont.
Hilston Park — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
Pauline Eccles — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Hilston Park is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Hilston Park is a country house and estate between the villages of Newcastle and Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with Herefordshire, England. The house and park are in the Monnow valley, beside the B4347 road, 7.9 miles (12.7 km) by road northwest of Monmouth and just over 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Skenfrith. The Palladian mansion, built in 1838 for Bristolian banker George Cave, is a Grade II* listed building, the grounds and landscape park are registered on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales and the park's flower meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The park includes an early 20th century lodge at each of the two entrance gates; a ruined coach house; a lake, boathouse, and pond; several streams, gardens, and wooded areas; and Hilston Tower, a late 18th-century folly of red sandstone in the grounds's northeastern corner. The house served as a residential outdoor education centre, operated by Gwent Outdoor Centres and supported by the local authorities of Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire until 2019. In 2020, the councils decided to consolidate their outdoor education facilities on a single site, and Hilston Park was deemed surplus to requirements. The house was sold at auction in 2021.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Hilston House was for many years the principal estate and mansion in the parish of St. Maughans. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was the residence of the Needham family, although Henry Milbourne, an important 17th century magistrate of the county, is also reported to have lived here at one time. Sebastian Needham is said to have been buried at Skenfrith, on 26 March 1723, having fathered nine children. The house remained in the family, who were Catholic, for four generations. Following this stable period of ownership, accounting for about a century, the estate then changed hands a considerable number of times within the next 70 years. Captain Pryce Bowman Hamilton, brother to Alice Mary…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.8646, -2.8050
- District
- Monmouthshire
- Parish
- Whitecastle
- Postcode
- NP25 5NY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Established
- 1838
- Official site
- hilstonpark.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q5764372 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hilston Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hilston Park?
- Hilston Park is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP25 5NY), in the parish of Whitecastle.
- What is Hilston Park?
- Hilston Park — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Hilston Park?
- Drivers can use postcode NP25 5NY.
- When was Hilston Park built?
- Built or established in 1838.
- Who owns Hilston Park?
- Hilston Park is owned by | current_tenants =.
- Is Hilston Park a protected site?
- Yes — Hilston Park is part of the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Hilston Park?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NP25 5NY. It sits within the Monmouthshire parliamentary constituency.