Magor Mansion

During the thirteenth century, the Abbey of Anagni had become wealthy and powerful, producing four Popes within 100 years. In 1238, during the reign of Pope Gregory IX, who was born in Anagni, the church of St Mary's, Magor, and its associated lands, came under control of the abbey and remained its responsibility until 1385. The church was donated to the abbey by Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke and Lord of Chepstow and is referenced as a"mansion belonging to the vicarage of Magor" in a document of 1585.

The original building was constructed of Old Red Sandstone, over a rubble core, The overall arrangement is "typical of late medieval priests' houses." The plan of the house is broadly rectangular, with two projecting wings. near Cambridge. A plaque attached to the ruins suggests that they date from the 14th century, rather than the 16th, and represent the remains of the original procurator's house. This claim is repeated on the Magor with Undy Community Council website. However, it is contradicted by Cadw, by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, and by John Newman, author of the Pevsner Guide The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. A Scheduled…