Mansion The Hendre

1 mansion

1.1 history
1.2 description
1.3 gardens
1.4 gallery

mansion
history

the mansion began shooting lodge, john rolls (1776–1837), , original manor house expanded throughout next 1 hundred years. first of 3 expansions rolls family began architect george vaughan maddox, rebuilt parts of south wing in 1830. john rolls s successor, john etherington welch rolls, continued mansion s development, using thomas henry wyatt architect. wyatt extended house in period 1837–41, creating great hall , improving park, including addition of gate lodges on monmouth road, , continued enlargement of south wing, both east , west, between 1837 , 1858.

in 1872, development began again removal of old stables , building of present coach house , loose boxes. @ same time, core of present house, being billiard room, smoking room , dining room, added. these final 2 stages of expansion undertaken john etherington welch rolls s son, j. a. rolls. raised peerage 1st baron llangattock, rolls employed first henry pope, completed dining room wing and, secondly, sir aston webb, added cedar library.

immediately after second world war private boys boarding school briefly established @ hendre. ardmore school catered british , foreign students dr jones headmaster. school appears not have flourished, london gazette of 20 december 1949 lists dr jones, present address(..)unknown, lately residing @ , carrying on business @ ardmore private school, hendre.. bankruptcy hearing.

description

hendre, handsome mansion of brick , stone, in norman , tudor styles. house constructed of red brick, dressed bath stone , comprises courtyard bounded west low wall , on 3 other sides ranges of buildings. above porch carved motto, beloved of victorians, reading open house open heart . decoration flamboyantly neo-norman, gargoyles , grotesque animal corbels (breaking) out wherever 1 looks. front has 2 storeys , 7 bays, second, third , fourth belonging house of 1820s. east, scale , grandeur of dining room range demonstrates j. a. rolls s escalating ambitions. lastly, wing added sir aston webb 1896, comprising cedar library , later service wing, represents house @ social , architectural peak.

woodblock print of hendre

the interior reflects house s expansion, wealth , influence of family increased, small highly decorated rooms of 1820s, through great hall of 1858, , lastly dining room suite , cedar library of late victorian/edwardian apogee.

for antique, neo-norman decoration, house technologically advanced, service court including gas-making house , electricity-generating house power mechanisms made hendre in lord llangattock s time throughly forward-looking estate. in book, black mountains: recollections of south wales miner , david barnes notes grandfather recalling hendre had been first house in monmouthshire have telephone when john allan rolls installed gower bell loud-speaking telephone in house in may 1881. house grade ii* listed building.

gardens

hendre grandest , important victorian park , garden in monmouthshire . although golf-course superimposed upon of parkland, resulting in unfortunate neglect of of gardens, still remain essential example of late nineteenth/early twentieth-century garden design, demonstrating high levels of design , landscaping, conducted lord llangattock towards end of 19th century, accompanied construction , enlargement of house. estate boasts arboretum, stocked specimen trees (including several ancient oaks), landscaped lake artificial cascade created james pulham & co. , 3 long drives, impressive designed h.e. milner in 1890s. in heyday contained formal sunken gardens cast-iron fountains, pavilions, boathouse , parterre. walled kitchen garden 1 of best preserved in wales, containing 2 original greenhouses still in condition. article in gardeners magazine of 1903 described park thus; hendre stands in finely wooded park of thousand acres’ extent, , reached county road long drive of 2 miles (3 km). drive made mr h.e. milner (son of landscape gardener edward milner), lordship’s own designs. passes through plantations of finest conifers, winding upward easy gradients through oak wood , copse, revealing here , there broad stretches of open park bedded bracken , peopled herds of deer. granary , attached barn, stable block, rose garden pavilion , fountain pool, bridge , box bush lodge @ park entrance grade ii listed. swiss cottage, lodge @ head of original main drive, designed aston webb , grade ii* listed.

gallery