Introduction
Pontypool Park is an early-19th-century landscape park with modern additions for leisure and recreation. There is a well-preserved 19th-century shell hermitage, and unusual twin icehouses of the same period. The northern section of the park is occupied by a large mid-19th-century arboretum.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/Access contact details
Pontypool Park is a municipal park, open daily for general public use.
Owners
Torfaen County Borough Council
- Features & Designations
Designations
Conservation Area
- Reference: Pontypool Town Centre (house and stables only)
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(Gt) 26
- Grade: II*
National Park
- Reference: Brecon Beacons National Park (site of tower folly only)
CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales
- Reference: Stables
- Grade: II
Features
- Icehouse
- Description: Unusual twin icehouses from the early-19th century.
- Shell Grotto
- Description: A shell hermitage.
- Cottage Ornee
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Survival
Extant
Hectares
64
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Pontypool Park' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1994), pp. 126-8 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, 'Pontypool Park, Garden, Pontypool ',
- Land Use Consultants {Pontypool Park Conservation Management Plan} (1993) Pontypool Park Conservation Management Plan