Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gardener's Cottage at High Glanau
Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mitchel Troy, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, designated on 22 February 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 February 1989
- Locality
- Mitchel Troy
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Mitchel Troy
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.76347, -2.72857
- Cadw reference
- 2815
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Above and to NE of the house which is set in its own wooded grounds. The cottage lies between the upper and lower drives.
History
Contemporary with the house, 1922-3, and in a similar free Arts and Crafts style. The architect of High Glanau was Eric Francis in collaboration with H.Avray Tipping; the latter laid out the gardens in a style similar to that of Gertrude Jekyll.
Exterior
Single storey rubble cottage with slate roof and axial rubble chimney stack with cornice; wide swept eaves with pronounced stepped kneelers. Entrance offset to right with part glazed door flanked by 2 and 3-light small pane casement windows. Similar cross frame window with stepped cornice and relieving arch to left gable end facing gardens. Doorway to rear.
Reason for designation
Included as an integral part of the ensemble at High Glanau.
Nearby in the register
- Garage at High GlanauDomesticunder 1 mi
- High GlanauDomesticunder 1 mi
- Terraces at High GlanauGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Garden Wall and Pergola at High GlanauGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.