Gardens · South Wales
Pentwyn
Pentwyn — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Pentwyn 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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From the Wikipedia article
Pentwyn, Rockfield, Monmouthshire is a Victorian villa dating from the mid 19th century. Its origins are older but the present building was constructed by the Monmouth architect George Vaughan Maddox for himself in 1834–1837, and subsequently altered by him after a later sale. It was partly converted into apartments for letting in the 20th century before reverting to use as a family house. The house is Grade II* listed.
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Background
History
The Monmouthshire historian Sir Joseph Bradney, in the Hundred of Skenfrith volume of his A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, records that the property was originally owned by the Vaughan family of Llanrothal. In 1834, James Vaughan left the house to his nephew George Vaughan Maddox. Maddox, from a family of architects, had a significant practice in Monmouthshire and his works in Monmouth gave the county town, "its particular architectural flavour". Maddox certainly undertook works at Pentwyn on his own behalf, and Bradney suggests he designed further improvements after selling the property to the Reverend Canon John Harding in…
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- Coordinates
- 51.8306, -2.7542
- Address
- Rockfield, Monmouthshire
- Established
- 1834
Sources
- wikidata: Q17743989 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pentwyn, Rockfield (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pentwyn?
- Pentwyn is in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Pentwyn built?
- Built or established in 1834.
- Who owns Pentwyn?
- Pentwyn is owned by Privately owned.