Introduction
Rock Park contains the famous chalybeate spring whose healing waters were responsible for the development of the spa town. The park features an open central area around the spa buildings. A natural stream runs through the area and there is native woodland as well as a largely coniferous arboretum planted from the late-19th century.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
This is a public park, open daily for general public use.
Directions
The parks are located on the south-western and south-eastern outskirts of the town.
- History
Period
- Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Features & Designations
Designations
Conservation Area
- Reference: Rock Park (excluding Rock Park Hotel)
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Po)20(POW)
- Grade: II*
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Pavilion
- Grade: II
Features
- Pump Room (featured building)
- Description: The three spa buildings comprise a treatment room and pump room linked by a glass-roofed open pavilion with an ironwork frame. Originally the pavilion had a pagoda-style roof.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Pavilion
- Description: An open pavilion with ironwork by W.A. Baker and Co. of Newport and Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss of London.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Period
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Llandrindod Wells
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Llandrindod Wells Public Parks' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Powys} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1999), pp. 134-9 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Powys
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Llandrindod Wells',
- Nicholas Pearson Associates {Rock Park Historic Landscape Survey/Restoration Plan} (2001) Rock Park Historic Landscape Survey/Restoration Plan
- {Rock Park Restoration Plan} (1999) Rock Park Restoration Plan