Gardens · South Wales
Great Killough
Great Killough — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
Rob Purvis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Great Killough is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=2056
From Cadw under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Great Killough, Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire is a substantial manor house of late medieval origins. Most of the current structure dates from three building periods between 1600 and 1670. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The site of the house is ancient and Cadw describes the original building as late medieval. Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in the third of their three-volume study, Monmouthshire Houses, date the present house to three periods of building, 1600, 1630 and 1670. Peter Smith, in his study, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, notes Great Killough as a fine example of the hall house type. Coflein records the existence of a "panelled attic" which may have served as a chapel. The architectural historian John Newman notes the extensive restoration carried out in 1963–1964. The house remains privately owned.
Architecture
Cadw records Great Killough as a "substantial H-plan mansion". It is built of Old red sandstone rubble with some ashlar dressings and a stone-tiled roof. The four-bay great hall is a "remarkable" "rarity". Great Killough is a Grade II* listed building.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.8211, -2.8976
- District
- Monmouthshire
- Parish
- Whitecastle
- Postcode
- NP7 8SR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Monmouthshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q17744120 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Great Killough (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Killough?
- Great Killough is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP7 8SR), in the parish of Whitecastle.
- Who owns Great Killough?
- Great Killough is owned by Privately owned.
- Is Great Killough a listed building?
- Great Killough is officially recognised as II* listed.
- How do I get to Great Killough?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NP7 8SR. It sits within the Monmouthshire parliamentary constituency.