Mounton House: The Birth and Rebirth of an Edwardian Country Home

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bedroom property for sale in Mounton House Park, Pwllmeyric, Chepstow, NP16". Rightmove.co.uk . Retrieved 2017-08-13. Cadw. "2, Mounton House Cottages(Grade II) (24076)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 17 May 2020. The parish was originally part of the holdings of Chepstow Priory, with the name Monktown. It has a tiny parish church dedicated to Saint Andoenus, which was almost wholly rebuilt in 1880 and which lies in the Parish of Mathern and Mounton with St Pierre. [1] One of the gravestones, to a Christopher Cooper, is dated 8 April 1680. [2]

When Henry Avray Tipping, the influential Country Life Architectural Editor of the early 20 th century, created a new country house for himself at the end of the Edwardian era, he was determined that the surrounding gardens should not be a mere setting, but an equally important part of the project. Indeed, a significant section of the gardens pre-dated the idea of the house. Once Tipping had chosen the Chepstow area for his weekend escape from London, he initially restored Mathern Palace and lived there with his mother from 1897 until her death in 1911. In 1910, Mounton House was renovated by Henry Avray Tipping, architectural editor of Country Life magazine and a leading authority on the history and furnishings of grand country houses. The entrance courtyard wings project forward with gable ends flanking the approach drive. Single storey, stone with concrete tiled roofs. The openings have mostly been altered, with five large 4-light mullioned windows and a door on the right hand range, the left hand range is blind to the courtyard, both have a 3-light window in the gable end. The courtyard is closed by a stone wall with square gate-piers framing the drive. These gables and walls form an enclosure to the house approach which was apparently inspired by an arrangement of barns at Markenfield in Yorkshire. Interior Although the description may indicate a stile, ongoing improvements to the Public Rights of Way System may mean that these have been replaced by gates or kissing gates. The world of English country-house living changed irrevocably, so Tipping never saw his hopes for the house come to fruition.Words can hardly express how I felt when I first saw High Glanau in 2002. A perfect Arts & Crafts house, set on a steep hillside above Monmouth with its spectacular views over the Vale of Usk towards the Brecon Beacons. I had vaguely heard of Henry Avray Tipping (1855-1933) who built the house in 1923, as for over 50 years I had been an avid reader of Country Life magazine. Only later did I discover that Tipping had lived in Monmouthshire, in three different houses, for nearly 40 years and that he was the Architectural Editor of Country Life magazine from 1907 until his death in 1933. His weekly article, and large oeuvre of books on country houses and their gardens influenced a whole generation in the early 20th century. Mounton is a hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom, located two miles west of Chepstow in a rural setting.

After a further 60 metres cross a stile on your right, turn left along the driveway to Mounton House, and then right after about 30 metres over a metal squeeze stile. The more I worked in the garden, the more intrigued I became with the man who created such a paradise. I found he had written many important books - nine huge volumes on country houses, books on furniture and wood carving, a book on garden history and a practical garden book, as well as the garden column for the Observer and Morning Post. I slowly bought those books on the internet and in old book shops, and began to research the story of his life. By now I was so interested in Tipping that I went to Bristol University to take a Masters degree in Garden History, writing my dissertation on the life and work of Henry Avray Tipping. Mounton House was his most ambitious project and he rebuilt it in the contemporary Arts and Crafts style for which he is best known. He added formal water and wilderness gardens and employed 12 full time gardeners to maintain them. Keeping in the same general direction, continue diagonally left across the next field looking out for a narrow path on your right going steeply down to the field boundary. Here you bear left and follow to the stile at the end.

Outside the court, Detective Constable Lesley Cheverton, Gwent Police’s officer in the case, said: “Robert Starr carried out a campaign of abuse against children over a prolonged period of time. Gerrish, Helena (9 November 2022). "Birth and rebirth of an Edwardian country home". Monmouthshire Beacon . Retrieved 9 November 2022.

The well-planned and versatile living accommodation comprises to the ground floor; reception hall, study/ fifth bedroom, lounge, open plan kitchen/ breakfast/ family room with stunning glass roof lantern, dining room, utility and a WC/ cloakroom. The first floor offers four double bedrooms (two benefitting En-suite facilities) as well as a family bathroom. Cadw. "South Urn on bowling green at Mounton House(Grade II) (24072)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 17 May 2020. The garden front has projecting gabled wings at either end of a 3-window section with mullion-and-transom windows on the ground floor and slate hanging above. Two and 4-light windows as before. A third gabled wing in the centre has a 3-light mullion-and-transom window over a 4-light mullion-and-2-transoms one. Loggia (now closed) at south west corner, former openings with arched keyed heads and 20 over 8 panes to the infill. The north west corner gable has an open loggia below a 3-light mullion-and-transom window. Lead downpipes and hopper heads, some marked HAT (Henry Avray Tipping) and dated 1912. Cadw. "North Urn on bowling green at Mounton House(Grade II) (24073)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 17 May 2020.Featuring a wealth of previously unseen material including correspondence, articles and illustrations, this book insightfully details the design and building of the home H. After about 150 metres, cross a stile in the hedge on your right and walk across a small field to a footbridge over Mounton Brook. Two more stiles take you over the driveway to Valley Cottage, which is on your left and then, after about 50 metres, cross another stile on your left into Great Barnets Wood. Continue straight along the valley and after about 400 metres, fork right and cross a stile into a field named ‘The Leighs’. This field is known locally as the Target Field because it was here that Chepstow Home Guard trained and carried out target practice. The final two chapters reveal the careful adaptation of the interiors of Mounton House and the spectacular remaking of the gardens by the renowned garden designer Arne Maynard, all fully illustrated with plans and striking new photography.

Cadw. "North Pergola at Mounton House(Grade II) (24081)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 17 May 2020. Mounton could so easily have been demolished and yet, a hundred years after Tipping completed it, a loving work of restoration of house and gardens was launched. Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) The south elevation and kitchen wing look into the walled orchard and have lower roofs. Mullion-and-transom windows on the ground floor, 3 and 4-light windows above, 4-light flat topped dormer in the end of the main range.Cadw. "Garden Walls at Mounton House(Grade II) (24078)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 17 May 2020.