Introduction
The ruins of the early 17th-century mock castle are associated with an ancient deer park, a later landscape park and the structural remains of 17th-century formal gardens. The site includes an outlying hilltop mount. During the early decades of the 20th century a further part of the gardens was elaborately laid out with a magnificent glasshouse as the centrepiece.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gm)17(CAE)
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: castellated boundary wall to ha-ha to E and S
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Former dairy and laundry
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Generating house and attached workshops
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Stable and coach house courtyard ranges
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: summer house to NE of Ruperra Castle
- Grade: II
Features
- Summerhouse
- Description: Probably early-20th century
- Glasshouse
- Description: A 20th-century glasshouse with a largely intact structure that formed the centrepiece of the terraced garden.
- Castle (featured building)
- Description: Ruperra is a rare example of a 17th-century mock castle. It was built by Sir Thomas Morgan.
- Earliest Date:
- Prospect Mound
- Description: An outlying hilltop mount with a spiral walk and a stone-walled top which is the site of a 17th-century summerhouse.
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Rudry
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Ruperra Castle' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Glamorgan} (Cardiff: Cadw, 2000), pp. 30-7 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Glamorgan
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Ruperra Castle, Garden, Draethen',