# High Glanau > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/High_Glanau > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/High_Glanau.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Glanau > Source revision: 1301072802 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox historic site | name = High Glanau | image = Steps to high glanau.jpg | caption = | type = House | locmapin = Wales Monmouthshire | map_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|51.762989|-2.728568|display=inline}} | location = [Cwmcarvan](/source/Cwmcarvan) | area = [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire) | built = 1922 | architect = [Eric Francis](/source/Eric_Francis_(architect)) | built_for = [Henry Avray Tipping](/source/Henry_Avray_Tipping) | architecture = [Arts and Crafts](/source/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement) | governing_body = Privately owned | designation1 = Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales | designation1_free1name = Listing | designation1_free1value = Grade II* | designation1_offname = High Glanau | designation1_date = 1 February 2022 | designation1_number = PGW(Gt)45(Mon) | designation2 = Grade II* listed building | designation2_offname = High Glanau | designation2_date = 22 February 1989 | designation2_number = 2813 | designation3 = Grade II* listed building | designation3_offname = Terraces at High Glanau | designation3_date = 22 February 1989 | designation3_number = 2814 | designation4 = Grade II listed building | designation4_offname = Garden wall and pergola at High Glanau | designation4_date = 22 February 1989 | designation4_number = 2817 | designation5 = Grade II listed building | designation5_offname = Gardener's Cottage at High Glanau | designation5_date = 22 February 1989 | designation5_number = 2815 }} '''High Glanau''' (also known as '''High Glanau Manor''') is a [country house](/source/country_house) and [Grade II* listed building](/source/Grade_II*_listed_building) within the [community](/source/community_(Wales)) of [Cwmcarvan](/source/Cwmcarvan), [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire), Wales. It is located about {{convert|5|mi}} south-west of [Monmouth](/source/Monmouth), and {{convert|1.5|mi}} north of [Trellech](/source/Trellech), adjoining the B4293 road and with views westwards over the [Vale of Usk](/source/Vale_of_Usk). Commissioned by [Henry Avray Tipping](/source/Henry_Avray_Tipping) and designed by [Eric Francis](/source/Eric_Francis_(architect)), it is particularly noted for its gardens which are listed at Grade II* on the [Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales](/source/Cadw%2FICOMOS_Register_of_Parks_and_Gardens_of_Special_Historic_Interest_in_Wales). ==History== Henry Avray Tipping (1855-1933) was born in France, the youngest of four sons, to a family of prosperous merchants.{{sfn|Gerrish|2011|pp=12-14}} After reading history at [Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford),{{sfn|Gerrish|2011|p=18}} he moved to [Monmouthshire](/source/Monmouthshire_(historic)), where he bought the [Mathern Palace](/source/Mathern_Palace) estate in 1894.{{efn|Tipping purchased Mathern Palace from George Francis, a solicitor from [Chepstow](/source/Chepstow), and father of [Eric](/source/Eric_Francis_(architect)).{{sfn|Bradney|1994|p=64}}}}{{sfn|Gerrish|2011|p=27}} While at Mathern he began his professional career as a writer, becoming editor of ''[Country Life](/source/Country_Life_(magazine))'' magazine, and developed his alternative career as an architect and garden designer, while expanding his circle of friends to include [Edwin Lutyens](/source/Edwin_Lutyens), [Edward Hudson](/source/Edward_Hudson_(magazine_owner)), [Gertrude Jekyll](/source/Gertrude_Jekyll) and [Harold Peto](/source/Harold_Peto). In 1912, after the death of his mother and the last of his three older brothers,{{sfn|Gerrish|2011|pp=14-15}} Tipping moved to Mounton, north of Chepstow, and began the building of [Mounton House](/source/Mounton_House), in collaboration with [Eric Francis](/source/Eric_Francis_(architect)).{{sfn|Gerrish|2011|p=110}} By 1922, with Tipping planning his retirement, he again moved north, and again employed Francis to design his last home in Monmouthshire, High Glanau.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=208}} Tipping had bought the 1,640 acre estate, near [Trellech](/source/Trellech), as a [rough shoot](/source/Hunting_and_shooting_in_the_United_Kingdom) in 1917.{{sfn|Gerrish|2011|p=162}} Tipping moved to London in 1930 and died in 1933.{{sfn|Attlee|2009|p=98}} The house was given Grade II* listed building status on 22 February 1989.{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=2813|desc=High Glanau|grade=II*|access-date=6 September 2019}} It is privately owned. The gardens are open to the public on several days each year.{{sfn|Gerrish|2015|p=35}} ==Architecture and description== High Glanua is designed in Francis favoured [Arts and Crafts style](/source/Arts_and_Crafts_style). The front of the house is of two storeys, with three slate-hung gables between two chimneystacks. On the upper entrance side there is a broad slate roof with a pair of gabled turrets. The house is set above formal gardens, with stone-walled terraces and an octagonal pond.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=208}} The gardens were created by Tipping between 1922 and 1929.{{cite web|url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/high-glanau|title=High Glanau|publisher=Parks and Gardens UK|access-date=2 May 2022}} Several cottages around the estate were built by Francis for Tipping at about the same time.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=208}} ==Garden== The gardens are described by the [National Gardens Scheme](/source/National_Gardens_Scheme) as having a "[pergola](/source/pergola), herbaceous borders, Edwardian glasshouse, rhododendrons, azaleas, tulips, orchard with wild flowers and woodland walks".[http://www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/gardenfinder/garden.aspx?id=19406 National Gardens Scheme, High Glanau]. Accessed 23 April 2012 The pergola columns are the original stone, but the oak crossing beams have been replaced, a restoration funded by [Cadw](/source/Cadw).{{sfn|Gerrish|2015|p=27}} The terraces are highly structured, with steps, walls and [piers](/source/Pier_(architecture)), although some architectural features, such as [finials](/source/finials) and [urns](/source/urns) were stolen in the 1990s. The terraces have their own Grade II* listing.{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=2814|desc=Terraces at High Glanau|grade=II*|access-date=6 September 2019}} The garden wall and pergola,{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=2817|desc=Garden Wall and Pergola at High Glanau|grade=II|access-date=6 September 2019}} greenhouse,{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=25755|desc=Greenhouse at High Glanau |grade=II|access-date=6 September 2019}} gardener's cottage{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=2815|desc=Gardener's Cottage at High Glanau |grade=II|access-date=6 September 2019}} and garage are all listed Grade II.{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=2816|desc=Garage at High Glanau|grade=II|access-date=6 September 2019}} The garden historian [Elisabeth Whittle](/source/Elisabeth_Whittle) describes High Glanau, along with Tipping's other gardens at [Mathern Palace](/source/Mathern_Palace), [Mounton House](/source/Mounton_House) and [Wyndcliffe Court](/source/Wyndcliffe_Court) as "four of the best Welsh gardens of (the Arts and Crafts) period".{{sfn|Whittle|1992|p=76}} The gardens themselves are listed at Grade II* on the [Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales](/source/Cadw%2FICOMOS_Register_of_Parks_and_Gardens_of_Special_Historic_Interest_in_Wales).{{NHAW|uid=298|num=PGW(Gt)45(MON)|desc=High Glanau|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}} ==Notes== {{notes}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * {{Cite book |last=Attlee|first=Helena |title=The Gardens of Wales |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-JFvgAACAAJ&q=the+gardens+of+wales |year=2009 |publisher=Frances Lincoln |location=London |isbn=978-0-7112-2882-5 }} * {{cite book |first=Joseph Alfred |last=Bradney |author-link=Joseph Bradney |title=The Hundred of Caldicot, first part |year=1994 |orig-date=1929 |publisher=Merton Priory Press |location=Cardiff, Wales |isbn=978-1-873-36116-0 }} * {{Cite book |last=Gerrish|first=Helena |title=Edwardian Country Life: The Story of Henry Avray Tipping |year=2011 |publisher=Frances Lincoln |location=London |isbn=978-0-7112-3223-5 |oclc=765305877 }} * {{Cite book |last=Gerrish|first=Helena |title=A Guide to the Gardens at High Glanau Manor |year=2015 |publisher=Ziggurat Design |location=London }} * {{Cite book |last=Newman|first=John |authorlink= John Newman (architectural historian) |series=The Buildings of Wales |title=Gwent/Monmouthshire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&dq=The+Buildings+of+Wales%3A+Gwent%2FMonmouthshire&pg=PA2 |year=2000 |location=London |publisher=Penguin |isbn=0-14-071053-1 }} * {{Cite book |last=Whittle |first=Elisabeth |title=The Historic Gardens of Wales |year=1992 |url=https://archive.org/details/historicgardenso0000whit |location=Cardiff |publisher=[CADW](/source/CADW) |isbn=9780117015784 |url-access=registration }} ==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/open-gardens/9212009/Visiting-gardens-a-national-obsession.html Ambra Edwards, ''Visiting gardens: a national obsession'', Daily Telegraph, 18 April 2012] – article with images of High Glanau Category:Country houses in Monmouthshire Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire Category:Gardens in Wales Category:Arts and Crafts architecture in Wales Category:Gardens by Henry Avray Tipping Category:Registered historic parks and gardens in Monmouthshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [High Glanau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Glanau) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Glanau?action=history)). 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