The Stable Block at Tredegar House (
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: ''Tŷ Tredegar'') forms part of the complex of buildings at
Tredegar House, at
Coedkernew
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, on the western edge of the city of
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, Wales. The Stables were built by
Thomas Morgan, son of
William Morgan (of Machen and Tredegar)
Sir William Morgan (c. 1640 – 28 April 1680) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1659 and 1680.
Life
William Morgan was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Morgan (died 1664), and his ...
, who had rebuilt the main house as a "grand(.), classical house" between 1664 and 1672.
Newman describes the stables as "match(ing) the house in scale and splendor"
[The Buildings of Wales:Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 562] and the Stable Block, and attached orangery, were listed
Grade I on 3 January 1963.
and have been in the care of the
National Trust since March 2012.
History and description
The stables were built in 1684–1688 in a
Carolean style which followed that used in the rebuilding of the main house. On a grand scale, the building comprises eleven bays and is constructed of red brick, with
Bath stone
Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England. Its honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of ...
dressings.
[The Buildings of Wales:Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 570] The architect of the block is not known for certain
but Newman follows
Howard Colvin
Sir Howard Montagu Colvin (15 October 1919 – 27 December 2007) was a British architectural historian who produced two of the most outstanding works of scholarship in his field: ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840' ...
in suggesting the brothers, Roger and William Hurlbutt, who had worked in a similar style at
Ragley Hall and
Warwick Castle.
[The Buildings of Wales:Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 563] The central carriage arch is framed by
Corinthian columns and topped by a pediment with a clock dated 1766.
[The Buildings of Wales:Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 570] The left hand block contains stabling while the right is empty and may have been used as a riding school.
[The Buildings of Wales:Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 570]
Notes
References
Newman, John (2002). Gwent/Monmouthshire. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. {{ISBN, 978-0-300-09630-9.
Grade I listed buildings in Newport, Wales
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