Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pergola surrounding tennis court at Glen Usk
Llangybi, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanhennock, Newport, Llangybi, Monmouthshire, designated on 22 April 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 22 April 2005
- Locality
- Llanhennock
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Llangybi
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.62891, -2.92038
- Cadw reference
- 84371
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)
- 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)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To the south-east of the house, below the formal gardens.
History
Part of the remodelling of the gardens which took place in the 1920s.
Exterior
Pergola enclosing the former tennis court on three sides, comprising a series of polychrome piers each with shallow cornice, and low sill wall.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved significant garden feature at Glen Usk.
Nearby in the register
- Garden walls, steps and terracing at Glen UskGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Glen UskDomesticunder 1 mi
- Temple at Glen UskGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Stable Court at Glen Usk, including fountain to south-westDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.