Mounton House

Mounton House
General information
Architectural style Arts and Crafts
Town or city Mounton, Monmouthshire
Country Wales
Coordinates 51°38′10″N 2°42′13″W / 51.6361°N 2.7036°WCoordinates: 51°38′10″N 2°42′13″W / 51.6361°N 2.7036°W
Construction started 1912
Completed after 1914
Design and construction
Architect Henry Avray Tipping
Designations Grade II* listed

Mounton House, Mounton, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the last major country house built in the county, constructed between 1912 and 1914 by the architect and writer Henry Avray Tipping for himself. Now a special school, the house is a Grade II* listed building.

History

Tipping had earlier worked at Mathern Palace in the late 1890s[1] and in 1912 began the construction of his home at Mounton, on the site of a cliff-top garden he had previously designed.[1] Tipping worked with the Chepstow architect Eric Francis to create a large house in the Arts and Crafts style using local materials.[1]

Description

The house is two-storeyed, with a large hipped roof.[2] The main building forms the central block of a three-sided courtyard, with a service court to the left and a long gallery to the right.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Newman 2000, p. 412.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Newman 2000, p. 414.

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