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Mount Pleasant

Pgds 20080514 162341 179 7910
Pgds 20080514 152949 179 7906
Pgds 20080514 160659 Mount Pleasant
Pgds 20080514 161644 179 7904

Introduction

Mount Pleasant was built for the Captain of the Mine responsible for the Goginan silver lead mines. It has a narrow formal front garden and railings adjoining the road. Behind the house the very steep garden has been terraced in a series on narrow drystone terraces. The lawn below it is thought to be on a more recently-formed platform.

Terrain

steep, hilly

The house is separated from the road by a low wall topped with spear-headed railings, and an ornamental iron gate. Near the gate is a large bay tree. The large monkey puzzle (Araucaria araucana) and yew in front of the house appear young in a photo of 1910-1914 and survive today. They may have been planted during the tenancy of the house in the 1890s by the Vicar of Capel Bangor. Deciduous trees east of the house have been replaced by a patio area, and a well-grown Cupressus macrocarpa, which cannot, however, be as old as the other trees.

The slope below the house platform on the south side is formed into five narrow drystone terraces likely to have been for ornamental planting. Below this is a further slope and a flat area of ground believed to have been levelled more recently as a lawn. No trees or shrubs in the back garden are of great age or interest, though there is a very remarkably formed diseased larch on the boundary of the property.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Directions

Travelling east on the A44 Mount Pleasant is the last house in the village on the north (left) side of the road.

Features & Designations

Features

  • House (featured building)
  • Description: Detatched residence.
  • Earliest Date:
  • Latest Date:
  • Tree Feature
  • Description: The narrow garden adjoining the A44 is margined by spear-headed iron railings and contains large speciemens of Monkey puzzle, yew and Cupressus macrocarpa. The monkey puzzle and yew were present in a postcard of about 1910, the Cupressus macrocarpa was planted later.
  • Terrace
  • Description: Five terraces formed of dry stone construction provide planting on the very steep slope below the house.
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Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Survival

Part: standing remains

Hectares

0.24

References

References

Contributors

  • John Savidge

  • Caroline Palmer