Introduction
Plas Machen has the remains of a 16th-century garden layout. There are two walled enclosures with terracing retained by massive stone walls. A further flat area is bounded by a rectangular fishpond, the size and orientation of which suggest that it was conceived as part of the overall design.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
- History
Period
- Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
- Tudor (1485-1603)
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gt) 33
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The original house was built by Thomas Morgan. In 1580 the Tredegar and Machen estates were united and after the Civil War Plas Machen became a tenanted farmhouse.
- Earliest Date:
- Fishpond
- Description: A narrow rectangular fishpond which was probably utilitarian, but also appears to be intentionally incorporated into the original garden layout.
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Plas Machen' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1994), pp. 124-5 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, 'Plas Machen, Garden, Lower Machen',