Introduction
Brynglas is a large late-19th-century garden surviving in an urban area on ground sloping down to the River Usk. There is a wide terrace by the house, informal gardens with tree and shrub planting and an area of deciduous woodland with underplanting and paths, known as the 'wilderness'. The house is currently an adult training centre.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gt) 20
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Brynglas Gardens Cottage
- Grade: II
Features
- College (featured building)
- Description: The house was built in the 1870s in neo-classical style for Mr T Cordes.
- Earliest Date:
- River
- Description: River Usk.
- Terrace
- Description: There is a wide terrace by the house.
- Wilderness
- Description: An area of deciduous woodland with underplanting and paths, known as the 'wilderness'.
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Education
Survival
Extant
Hectares
8.4
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Newport, Bryn Glas' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1994), pp. 110-1 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Bryn Glas, Garden, Newport',