Introduction
Lodge Park features a deer park that dates from before 1637 and possibly from medieval times. The 17th-century house at the centre of the park was converted from a parker's lodge and enlarged in the 18th century. There is a range of outbuildings, a kitchen garden and small ornamental garden.
Terrain
hilly- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/Access contact details
The deer park is accessible at all times as Forestry Commission land along waymarked trails. The house, Lodge Park, its cottages and walled garden are privately owned and there is no visitor access. Please respect signage.
Directions
Lodge Park is west of the A487, north of Tre'r-ddol and south of Furnace. There are two roadside stopping places.
Owners
Forestry Commission (Welsh Assembly)
Victoria Terrace, Aberystwyth, SY23 2DQ
- History
The earliest known reference to a house on this site was in 1616 when Hugh Myddleton of Chirk Castle was awarded the lease of several Cardiganshire silver mines by James I. In 1636 the eccentric garden-maker, mining entrepreneur and associate of Sir Francis Bacon, Thomas Bushell, took a lease on the house, lived there and remodelled an older structure. Further alterations took place between 1787 and 1791. A kitchen garden and orchard was in place west of the house by 1787. The park was always used for hunting and this tradition continued into the Edwardian period.
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Dy)61(CER)
- Grade: II
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Lodge Park
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The present house dates from the mid-17th century, but was much altered between 1787 and 1791, and further enlarged and improved in the late-19th century.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Kitchen Garden
- Description: There is an area of former kitchen garden to the west of the house.
- Kitchen Garden
- Description: There is a walled kitchen garden to the north of the house.
- Park Wall
- Description: The medieval deer park wall survives on the north-east boundary as a revetted bank clad in vertically placed stones and an internal ditch.
- Summerhouse
- Description: The footings survive of two Victorian summerhouses which were situated on the ridge commanding views to the sea to the west.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Forestry
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Part: standing remains
Hectares
48
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Llangynfelyn
- References
References
- CADW, {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire} (Cardiff: CADW, 2002) Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire
- Ogilby, J. {Britannia road map, St. David's to Holywell} (1675) The continuation of the road from St. Davids to Holywell
- Bick, D. {The old metal mines of mid-Wales} (1993) The old metal mines of mid-Wales
- Palmer, C., David, P., Laidlaw R. {Historic Parks and Gardens in Ceredigion} (Talybont,2006) Historic Parks and Gardens in Ceredigion
- Laidlaw, R., and Palmer, C. {Historic and landscape Survey and Recommended management of Lodge park, Tre'r-ddol, Ceredigion} 1997 Historical and Landscape Survey and recommended management of Lodge Park, Tre'r-ddol, Ceredigion
Contributors
Caroline Palmer
Ros Laidlaw