Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Summerhouse in the grounds to east of Shirenewton Hall
Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Shirenewton, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, designated on 2 March 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 2 March 1989
- Locality
- Shirenewton
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Shirenewton
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.63757, -2.75241
- Cadw reference
- 2820
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)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
About 50m to the east of Shirenewton Hall.
History
The oriental gardens were laid out for Charles Liddell who purchased Shirenewton Hall in 1900 and made a number of improvements to it. This is one of the possibly genuine Japanese structures which survive.
Exterior
This is a rendered and colourwashed early C20 garden building (visible from Crick Road) in oriental style with swept pagoda shaped pantile roof. Moulded gable parapets with apex finials, dragon motif over the centre of the ridge. Wide eaves and kneelers. Circular panel over traceried oculus to east gable end, entrance to west. There is said to be a marble sundial on a crouching monster in front of the summer house.
Reason for designation
Included for its group value with Shirenewton Hall and the other listed items in the grounds.
Nearby in the register
- Garden seat in the grounds to east of Shirenewton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Shirenewton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stables, Coach house and attached boundary walls at Shirenewton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gates, Gatepiers, Railings and Walls at Shirenewton HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.