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Introduction
Dingestow Court comprises a mid-19th-century park with a lake and a late-19th-century garden layout by Edward Milner. This layout incorporates a few earlier features such as a mount. There are infrequent open days.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Other Websites
- History
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gt) 1
- Grade: II*
Features
- Mount
- Description: 'Happy Dick's Mount' is a circular mound about 2.5 metres high named after Richard Jones who was the last Jones to live at Dingestow.
- Latest Date:
- Walk
- Description: The 'Vista' is a grass walk lined with a variety of trees. It was part of Milner's design.
- House (featured building)
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Lake
- Description: A mid-19th century lake in the park which replaced earlier fishponds drained in the 17th century. The lake was dredged in 1979.
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Dingestow Court' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1994), pp. 36-8 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent