Wyelands

The house was commissioned by George Buckle, a leading Chepstow shipbuilder and timber merchant who was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1819. There is some uncertainty as to the date of the house's construction. It was started, but is unlikely to have been finished, before Buckle's death in 1824. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales date it as "closer to 1819 than 1846", and it was probably built by 1834, when George Buckle's son John (c.1796-1845), also a shipbuilder and merchant, was appointed Sheriff of Monmouthshire. The property was sold first to John Russell (1788-1873), a colliery owner and magistrate, who in turn became Sheriff of Monmouthshire in…

The villa is described by the RCAHMW as "a compact classical Regency villa" of two storeys, built of Bath stone ashlar. The main entrance, on the north side, has a shallow porch and doorway flanked by pairs of Ionic columns. The east wing is slightly lower, originally contained the service and children's rooms, and is rendered. A covered swimming pool, to the east of the service wing, was added in 1999. The architectural historian John Newman describes the ensemble of the buildings as "remarkably complete and beautifully preserved." The Vaughan-Hughes family sponsored the building of estate cottages, including an almshouse, for their workers and former workers, in the Newton Green area of…