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Kilvrough (also known as Kilvrough Manor Outdoor Education Centre)

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Introduction

Kilvrough Manor is a well-preserved 1770s and 1820s park and garden, with some fine deciduous and coniferous trees. The park contains a folly tower. There are also formal and informal gardens and a kitchen garden.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Telephone

01443 336000

Website

http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/

Owners

Oxfordshire County Council

County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND

Other Websites

History

Period

  • 18th Century
  • Late 18th Century
Features & Designations

Designations

  • CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

  • Reference: PGW(Gm)51(SWA)
  • Grade: II

  • CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales

  • Reference: Kilvrough Manor
  • Grade: II

Features

  • Mansion House (featured building)
  • Description: This substantial mansion is in classical style with a crenellated roofline.
  • Earliest Date:
  • Latest Date:
  • Kitchen Garden
  • Drive
  • Planting
  • Description: The Italian garden.
Key Information

Type

Landscape Park

Purpose

Recreation Ground

Principal Building

Residential Building

Period

Late 18th Century

Survival

Extant

Civil Parish

Pennard

References

References

  • CADW, {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Glamorgan} (Cardiff: CADW, 2000) 176
  • Newman, J., {The Buildings of Wales} (London: Penguin, 1995) 506-7
  • Bradley, A.G., {In the Marsh and Borderland of Wales} (London: Constable & Co., 1905)
  • Gwynn, D. and Muxworthy, P., {A Pictorial Journey Through Edwardian Gower} (Gomer: Llandysul,1989)