Dingestow Court
| Dingestow Court | |
| Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Dingestow Court by Augustus Butler; mid 19th century lithograph. | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°47’0"N, 2°47’52"W |
| Village: | Dingestow |
| History | |
| Built early sixteenth century | |
| For: | Samuel Bosanquet by Lewis Vulliamy, John Prichard, John Pollard Seddon, and others |
| Information | |
Dingestow Court, at Dingestow in Monmouthshire, is a Victorian country house with earlier origins and later additions. Newman describes it as "one of the county's major houses."[1] The court has been designated a Grade II* listed building since 5 January 1952.[2]
The court has an "unusually complicated building history. Its origins are the early sixteenth-century house of the Jones family,"[1] of which part of the gatehouse range survives.[2] In the late eighteenth century, the main house was rebuilt by James Duberley and was then acquired by Samuel Bosanquet in 1801.[1] In the mid-nineteenth century, Sir John Bosanquet commissioned Lewis Vulliamy to extend and restore the house,[2] followed, some twenty years later, with limited additions, although much more extensive plans, by John Prichard and John Pollard Seddon. An east wing and interior re-modelling were undertaken in the late nineteenth century and finally the kitchen wing was added in 1927.[1]
The varied building history of the court is reflected in its rather disjointed appearance. Vulliamy's south front is a near copy of that of the mansion of Franks Hall, Horton Kirby, Kent.[3] The west front includes the original sixteenth-century gatehouse.[3] The interior is little more co-ordinated but contains some "significant" nineteenth century rooms.[1]
The grounds were laid out by Edward Milner in the nineteenth century.[4] They are a largely complete example of a nineteenth-century park.[5]
The court remains the private home of the Bosanquets[6] and is not open to the public, although the grounds are occasionally opened for charitable events.[7]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Newman, John. Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. Yale University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0300096309.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dingestow Court – Mitchel Troy – Monmouthshire – Wales". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2061-dingestow-court-mitchel-troy. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 213
- ↑ "Parks and Gardens UK". Parksandgardens.ac.uk. 2007-07-27. http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,1088/Itemid,292/. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ "Dingestow Court, Garden, Dingestow | Manylion Y Safle". Coflein. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/cy/safle/265992/manylion/DINGESTOW+COURT,+GARDEN,+DINGESTOW/. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ "DINGESTOW COURT | Site Details". Coflein. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/36810/details/DINGESTOW+COURT/. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ Time (2011-08-18). "Dingestow Court Open Gardens". The Wildlife Trusts. http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/events/2011/06/28/dingestow-court-open-gardens. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
Bibliography
- The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire; Newman, J ISBN 0-14-071053-1
