Garden Terracing, Steps, Pool, Pergola and Summerhouse at Wyndcliffe Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 February 2001. Garden feature.
Garden Terracing, Steps, Pool, Pergola and Summerhouse at Wyndcliffe Court
- WRENN ID
- north-flint-fog
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2001
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Garden Terracing, Steps, Pool, Pergola and Summerhouse at Wyndcliffe Court, Chepstow, St. Arvans
- OS grid reference
- ST 517 972
- Coordinates
- 51.67186, -2.69928
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The garden terracing, steps, pool, pergola, and summerhouse at Wyndcliffe Court are notable features constructed from red sandstone rubble with stone slate roofs. The south side of the house is supported by a retaining wall that holds up the terrace. This terrace features a stone balustrade in the center, with a double staircase leading down to a lower terrace, which is accessed via a flight of semi-circular steps to the bottom level. The central terrace includes a semi-circular pool that fronts a hemispherical niche with a carved head fountain, all designed in the style of Lutyens.
To the east, the upper terrace wall extends to a pergola made of stone piers with stone slated beams. The lower terrace continues eastward to include a small revetted sun trap, while to the west, it ramps up to form the enclosing south wall of the sunken garden and leads to the corner summerhouse. This summerhouse is two storeys high, with the lower level originally serving as a mushroom house featuring an arched door. The upper level boasts a three-bay loggia on the south side, and the two faces facing the sunken garden have arched keyed doorways flanked by two 4-pane windows. It is topped with a pyramid roof and a stone ball finial.
The sunken garden includes additional terraces and steps, along with a rectangular stone-edged pool. There is also an archway and a flight of stone steps located on the north side of the house. The summerhouse is open and lacks any significant features, and the mushroom house was not observed during the resurvey.
Local climate
Garden Terracing, Steps, Pool, Pergola and Summerhouse at Wyndcliffe Court receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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