{{short description|Country house in Wales, built 1910-12}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Mounton House | image = Mounton House, House and Stables, Mounton, Monmouthshire.jpg | caption = The roofs of the house to the left, the gardeners' cottages to the right | type = House | locmapin = Wales Monmouthshire | map_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|51.6361|-2.7036|display=inline,title}} | location = Mounton, Monmouthshire | area = | built = 1910-12 | architect = Henry Avray Tipping & Eric Francis | architecture = Arts and Crafts | governing_body = Privately owned | designation1 = Grade II* listed building | designation1_offname = Mounton House | designation1_date = 10 October 2000 | designation1_number = 24061 | designation2 = Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales | designation2_free1name = Listing | designation2_free1value = Grade II* | designation2_offname = Mounton House | designation2_date = 1 February 2022 | designation2_number = PGW(Gt)8(Mon) }} '''Mounton House,''' Mounton, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the last major country house built in the county, constructed between 1910 and 1912 by the architect and writer Henry Avray Tipping for himself. Formerly a school, which has now relocated to the grounds, the house has been divided into apartments. It is a Grade II* listed building. The surrounding park is on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
==History== Henry Avray Tipping was a garden designer and architectural writer of independent means. Tipping had earlier lived and worked at Mathern Palace in the late 1890s{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=412}} and in 1910 began the construction of his home at Mounton, on the site of a cliff-top garden he had previously designed.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=412}} Tipping worked with the Chepstow architect Eric Francis to create a large house in the Arts and Crafts style using local materials.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=412}} Tipping lived at the house from its completion until 1922, when he moved to another Monmouthshire house and garden of his own design, High Glanau.<ref name="auto1">{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24061|desc=Mounton House|grade=II*|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> The house then became the site of a special school until the end of the 20th century.<ref name="auto1">{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24061|desc=Mounton House|grade=II*|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> The house and the estate buildings have now been converted to private homes and apartments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-55357114.html |title=4 bedroom property for sale in Mounton House Park, Pwllmeyric, Chepstow, NP16 |publisher=Rightmove.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-08-13}}</ref> The gardens were restored in the 2020s by the landscape architect Arne Maynard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=ac00f048-2465-42b2-b677-2bca0e3f262a|first=Helena|last=Gerrish|title=Birth and rebirth of an Edwardian country home|publisher=Monmouthshire Beacon|date=9 November 2022|access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> They are listed at Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.<ref>{{NHAW|uid=263|num=PGW(Gt)8(MON)|desc=Mounton House|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>
==Description== The house is two-storeyed, with a large hipped roof.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=414}} The main building forms the central block of a three-sided courtyard, with a service court to the left and a long gallery to the right.{{sfn|Newman|2000|p=414}} The house is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name="auto1">{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24061|desc=Mounton House|grade=II*|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> A large number of the estate structures have their own Grade II listings including, the North and Vine pergolas,<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24081|desc=North Pergola at Mounton House|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24074|desc=Vine Pergola at Mounton House|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> the North and South urns on the bowling green,<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24073|desc=North Urn on bowling green at Mounton House|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24072|desc=South Urn on bowling green at Mounton House|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> the tea house,<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24080|desc=Teahouse at Mounton House|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> the courtyard buildings,<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24079|desc=East Courtyard buildings at Mounton House|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> the garden walls<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24078|desc=Garden Walls at Mounton House|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> and three gardeners' cottages.<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24075|desc=1, Mounton House Cottages|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24076|desc=2, Mounton House Cottages|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=24077|desc=3, Mounton House Cottages|grade=II|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
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==References== * {{Cite book |last=Newman|first=John |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 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=0-14-071053-1 }} Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire Category:Country houses in Monmouthshire Category:Houses completed in 1912 Category:Gardens by Henry Avray Tipping Category:Registered historic parks and gardens in Monmouthshire