Dingestow Court

Dingestow Court

Dingestow Court by Augustus Butler; mid 19th century lithograph.
General information
Town or city Dingestow
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°47′00″N 2°47′52″W / 51.7834°N 2.7978°WCoordinates: 51°47′00″N 2°47′52″W / 51.7834°N 2.7978°W
Construction started early 1600
Completed 1927
Client Samuel Bosanquet
Design and construction
Architect Lewis Vulliamy, Prichard and Seddon, and others
Designations Grade II* listed

Dingestow Court, at Dingestow, Monmouthshire, Wales, 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 is a Grade II* listed building as of 5 January 1952.[2]

The court has an "unusually complicated building history."[1] Its origins are the early sixteenth-century house of the Jones family.[1] In the late eighteenth century it was rebuilt and was then acquired by Samuel Bosanquet in 1801.[1] In the mid-nineteenth century, extensions and restorations were undertaken by Lewis Vulliamy 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 212
  2. ↑ Good Stuff IT Services (1952-01-05). "Dingestow Court - Mitchel Troy - Monmouthshire - Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 213
  4. ↑ "Parks and Gardens UK". Parksandgardens.ac.uk. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  5. ↑ "Dingestow Court, Garden, Dingestow | Manylion Y Safle". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  6. ↑ "DINGESTOW COURT | Site Details". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  7. ↑ Time (2011-08-18). "Dingestow Court Open Gardens". The Wildlife Trusts. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

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