The architect is unidentified. In the 19th century alterations were carried out to replace the shallow, hipped roof with a steeply pitched roof with cupola and balustrade. Inside, the rooms feature fine oak panelling with exceptional carving and ornate plasterwork, moulding and gilding throughout.
The Gilt room retains the only surviving 17th-century plaster ceiling; it features a central wreath of vines and flowers and a scrolled acanthus frieze and mask in the manner of Inigo Jones. Great landowners, the Morgans were an extremely proud Welsh family, and claimed descent from the Welsh princes. They were the dominant influence on the political, social and economic life of the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan and Monmouth up until the s. The oldest part of the House dates to the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.
Originally of stone, the building was extensively re-modelled in brick around In Tredegar House, with most of its contents and surrounding estates, was sold to the Catholic Church. The House was used first as a convent school, and then became a comprehensive school. For over 20 years Tredegar House remained a school until when it was bought by Newport Borough Council, as Newport City Council was previously named.
The carvings in the Brown Room include strange beasts, foliage and faces. The bedchamber contains a 's bed, and there is a below-stairs exhibition with a kitchen, stillroom, housekeeper's room and servants' hall. What a friendly house! Our family visited on a dismal, rainy day in mid-August - and had a wonderful time. I've seldom visited an historic house with more friendly, helpful guides.
I learned so much about the Morgan family of Tredegar that I felt like an old family friend by the end of our house tour. There's a wonderful mix of rooms at Tredegar, and you move with effortless ease from the 17th century to the Victorian era, from Edwardian house-party splendour to a 20th century schoolroom with peeling wallpaper. The 'below-stairs' rooms are wonderful, giving you a real sense of how the servants of Tredegar kept the house going in the Victorian period.
The really impressive rooms at Tredegar for me were the first two; the New Parlour dining room, set for a Victorian wedding breakfast, and the absolutely stunning gilded drawing room.
Take time in the dining room to find the carved head of Charles I beside the fireplace, made to look like a mouse! In the grounds is a modern stone circle, built when Tredegar hosted the national Eisteddfodd in Garden : Over 90 acres of parkland and garden surround the 17th century mansion of Tredegar House.
Close to the house is an 18th century walled garden. Most photos are available for licensing, please contact Britain Express image library. We've 'tagged' this attraction information to help you find related historic attractions and learn more about major time periods mentioned. Heritage Rated from 1- 5 low-exceptional on historic interest. Bellevue Park, Newport - 1. Newport, St Woolos Cathedral - 1.
Newport Castle - 2. Caerleon Roman Fortress, Baths, and Amphitheatre - 4. Castell Machen - 4. Description Tredegar House stands on low-lying level ground west of the river Ebbw, on the western fringe of Newport.
Until l95l the house was a private home, the principal residence of the Morgan family, who lived there from the early l5th century onwards.
A substantial stone manor house was built on the site in the late l5th or early l6th century, of which only a small part, the south-west wing of the present house, survives. Between about l and l the present grand mansion was built by Sir William Morgan.
It is a large two-storey square house built around a small courtyard. It is constructed of red brick, with a pitched slate roof originally higher, and surmounted by a cupola and balustrading with attic storey.
The main entrance is in the middle of the north-west side, with a fine doorway flanked by spiral twist columns supporting a broken split pediment. The elaborate stone porch on the north-east side is a l9th-century addition.
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