Parks and Gardens UK

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This site has the following component area(s):

Pontypool Park, American Gardens

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Brief description of site

Pontypool Park is an early 19th-century landscape park with modern additions for leisure and recreation. There is a well-preserved 19th-century shell hermitage, and unusual twin icehouses of the same period. The northern section of the park is occupied by a large mid-19th-century arboretum.

Location information:

Address: Pontypool Park, Trosnant Street, Pontypool, NP4 8AT

Locality: Pontypool

Local Authorities:

Torfaen; Trevethin

Historical County: Monmouthshire

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number: 171 Grid Ref: SO 285007
Latitude: 51.70047 Longitude: -3.035998

Key information:

Form of site: public park

Current use of site: recreational / sport

Context or principal building: public park

Main period of development: Early 19th century

Survival: Extant

Site Size (Hectares): 64

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