Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lower Revetment and steps at Merthyr Mawr House
Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Merthyr Mawr House, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, designated on 29 January 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 January 1999
- Locality
- Merthyr Mawr House
- Community
- Merthyr Mawr
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48909, -3.60187
- Cadw reference
- 21231
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side of the house and below the S terrace.
History
Sir John Nicholl purchased the Merthyr Mawr Estate in 1804 and planned a new country residence away from the old manor house, Merthyr Mawr Hall (now the site of Home Farm). A new site was chosen below Chapel Hill which overlooks the Ogmore valley. Merthyr Mawr House was built in the period 1806-9 and the park and gardens laid out later, with a garden on the S and W of the house, a kitchen garden to the E and wooded pleasure grounds to the N on Chapel Hill and to the SW. The terrace revetments on the S side of the house were added in the early C20, replacing grass terraces which were still in existence in 1899.
Exterior
A rubble stone wall with square piers flanking central stone steps, terminating in a pier on the E side and stepped on the W side. The wall has a flat coping and the piers are topped with concrete vases.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Merthyr Mawr House and other associated listed items.
Nearby in the register
- South Terrace and Revetment at Merthyr Mawr HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Merthyr Mawr HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gate Piers to Service Court and Attached Walls at Merthyr Mawr HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Vehicle store and workshops at Merthyr Mawr HouseTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.