Introduction
The gardens at Shirenewton Hall include late-19th-century terraces and areas of informal planting around the house, and a Japanese-style garden created in a field below the house. There are several oriental pavilions and ornaments on the terraces and levelled compartments around the house.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Conservation Area
- Reference: Shirenewton
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW (Gt) 46
- Grade: II*
Tree Preservation Order
- Reference: No 40
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Gated entrance and attached building walls
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Lodge
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Stables, coach house and attached boundary walls
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Pavilion
- Description: There are two pavilions on the level compartments around the house. One houses a bronze bell, and the other has a domed copper roof.
- Garden Terrace
- Ornamental Pond
- Description: A circular pool on one of the terraces around the house with a Chinese bronze bowl in the centre of it.
- Summerhouse
- Description: A pavilion with glazed tile roof and a dragon on top of it. In front is a marble sundial resting on a crouching monster made from stone.
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Shirenewton Hall' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1994), pp. 138-40 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, 'Shirenewton Hall, Garden, Shirenewton',