Lord Nelson's Seat in Nelson's Garden

Timber loggia backing onto a brick wall, wrought iron railings and probably a lead roof. Small raised tetrastyle Corinthian portico with a panelled cornice ornamented with concave reflectors supposedly intended to catch the light of the moon. Railed parapet round the roof is carried on small turned balusters, the parapet vases shown in an illustration of 1860 have gone. The front is closed by a wrought iron railing with four large decorative roundels; further railings to the ramps and sides. The loggia contains a bench which incorporates an C18 chair believed to have been sat in by Nelson during his visit to Monmouth on August 19, 1802, and bears a tablet (last replaced in 1956) inscribed 'Lord Nelson's Seat, August XIX MDCCCII'.