Introduction
Llantilio Park is a surviving landscape park laid out in the late-18th century and further improved in the 19th century. There are remnants of a late-19th-century Japanese garden associated with a pond in the park. Only remnants of terracing survive in the garden.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
- History
Period
- 18th Century (1701 to 1800)
- Late 18th Century (1767 to 1800)
- Features & Designations
Designations
Conservation Area
- Reference: Western half
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gt) 7
- Grade: II
Tree Preservation Order
- Reference: No 92
Features
- Pond
- Description: This is one of two artificial ponds in the park associated with a drive. It has two stone revetted islands within it. In the late-19th century there was Japanese-style planting here, including the remaining swamp cypress on one of the islands.
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- House (featured building)
- Description: The house was demolished in 1922.
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- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Agriculture And Subsistence
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
Survival
Part: standing remains
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Llantilio Court' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1994), pp. 84-5 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, 'Llantilio Court, Garden, Llantilio Crossenny',