Registered historic parks and gardens in Powys

Powys is a county and preserved county in Wales. It covers an area of 5,180 km² (2,000 sq mi)^[1] and in 2021 the population was approximately 133,600.^[2]

Powys shown within Wales

The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022. It is administered by Cadw, the historic environment agency of the Welsh Government.^[3][4] Elisabeth Whittle described Cadw as having a "somewhat special and guiding role" in the preservation of historic parks and gardens, since they are "an integral part of Welsh archaeological and architectural heritage".^[5] The register includes just under 400 sites, ranging from gardens of private houses, to cemeteries and public parks. Parks and gardens are listed at one of three grades, matching the grading system used for listed buildings. Grade I is the highest grade, for sites of exceptional interest; Grade II*, the next highest, denotes parks and gardens of great quality; while Grade II denotes sites of special interest.^[6]

There are 51 registered parks and gardens in Powys. Five are listed at Grade I, 16 at Grade II*, and 30 at Grade II.

Key

Grade	Criteria[6]
I	Parks and gardens of exceptional interest
II*	Parks and gardens of great quality
II	Parks and gardens of special interest

List of parks and gardens

List of parks and gardens

Name	Location Grid Ref.[note 1] Geo-coordinates	Date Listed	Description / Notes	Grade	Reference Number	Image
Abercynrig	Llanfrynach SO0684227112 51°56′03″N 3°21′19″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden[7] The grounds of the late seventeenth-century house are divided into several walled garden enclosures. To the south of the house is an informal area of ponds, trees and shrubs.[8]	II	PGW(Po)15(POW)
Bodfach Hall	Llanfyllin SJ1371120167 52°46′19″N 3°16′45″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[9][10] The layout of the park dates from a rebuilding of the house in 1761. There was an ornamental garden here in the 1770s, however, the present garden was laid out following another rebuilding of the house in 1876.[11]	II	PGW(Po)55(POW)
Bodynfoel Hall	Llanfechain SJ1746620268 52°46′24″N 3°13′25″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden[12] The gardens and parkland are thought to have been laid out in the 1830s–40s when the Tudor style house was built.[13]	II	PGW(Po)42(POW)
Boultibrooke	Presteigne SO3077565546 52°17′00″N 3°00′54″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden[14] The River Lugg marks the southern boundary of the estate which has early nineteenth-century wooded pleasure grounds and gardens.[15]	II	PGW(Po)23(POW)
Broadheath House	Presteigne SO3354063643 52°16′00″N 2°58′26″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden[16] The Edwardian Italianate garden was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis when he remodelled the Georgian manor house in the 1920s.[17]	II	PGW(Po)22(POW)
Bronllys Hospital	Bronllys SO1340035082 52°00′25″N 3°15′42″W	1 February 2022	Garden[18] The estate of Pont-y-Wal House, with its eighteenth and nineteenth century parkland, was bought in 1913 as a hospital site. The hospital, originally a tuberculosis sanatorium, was built c. 1913–1920 by Edwin T. Hall and Stanley Hall.[19]	II	PGW(Po)9(POW)
Brookland Hall	Guilsfield SJ2131710006 52°40′54″N 3°09′50″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[20][21][22] The house (built c. 1860) is located within a park of around 40 acres (16 ha). The formal gardens which lie to the south and south-east of the house, and the walled kitchen garden to the north, are believed to be contemporary with the house.[23]	II	PGW(Po)37(POW)
Bryngwyn	Meifod SJ1773818046 52°45′12″N 3°13′08″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[24][25] The late eighteenth to early nineteenth-century landscape park and garden covers about 60 acres (24 ha) around the house (built 1773–74).[26]	II*	PGW(Po)41(POW)
Buckland House	Talybont-on-Usk SO1286321972 51°53′21″N 3°15′59″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[27][28] The gardens, which are located around the house and also in areas to its north and north-west, are within a park that covers about 200 acres (81 ha).[29]	II	PGW(Po)6(POW)
Cefn Bryntalch	Llandyssil SO1758296330 52°33′30″N 3°12′57″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden and kitchen garden[30][31] The gardens are contemporary with the house c. 1870 by G. F. Bodley. To the west of the house are the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, designated as a scheduled monument.[32][33]	II*	PGW(Po)29(POW)
Craig-y-Nos Castle and Country Park	Tawe-Uchaf SN8413415461 51°49′31″N 3°40′53″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[34] The site is located at the confluence of the rivers Llynfell and Tawe, with the house to the west and the 40-acre (16 ha) park to the east of the Tawe. The gardens were laid out for Adelina Patti who bought the estate in 1878.[35]	II*	PGW(Po)16(POW)
The Dderw	Rhayader SN9611768342 52°18′11″N 3°31′25″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[36][37][38] The park of about 10 acres (4.0 ha) and lies to the south of the nineteenth-century house, By the 1920s an Arts and Crafts terraced garden had been established.[39]	II*	PGW(Po)47(POW)
Doldowlod	Nantmel SN9975162425 52°15′02″N 3°28′07″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[40][41][42] The appearance of the park is thought to be contemporary with the building of the house in the 1840s. Development of the gardens followed the remodelling of the house in the 1870s, and saw the erection of a large conservatory that was later replaced with stone Italianate garden terraces.[43]	II	PGW(Po)52(POW)
Evancoyd	Old Radnor SO2583962894 52°15′32″N 3°05′12″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[44][45][46] The house (built c. 1835) and gardens, the present layout of which are believed to date from the late nineteenth century, are in the north-east of the estate overlooking a small park.[47]	II	PGW(Po)51(POW)
Ffrwdgrech	Llanfrynach SO0309727153 51°56′02″N 3°24′35″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[48][49][50] The house was built in c. 1828 and lies within a small, picturesque landscape park that was created at this time. A large programme of tree planting took place in the park and pleasure grounds during the 1880s.[51]	II	PGW(Po)17(POW)
The Garth	Guilsfield SJ2150911002 52°41′26″N 3°09′41″W	1 February 2022	Park and kitchen garden[52][53] The walled garden may be associated with an earlier house of 1717. The other buildings and structures in the park, which covers about 200 acres (81 ha), are contemporary with the mansion built c. 1810 by John Claudius Loudon, but demolished in 1947.[54][55]	II	PGW(Po)38(POW)
Garthmyl Hall	Berriew SO1896399003 52°34′57″N 3°11′46″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[56][57][58] The park surrounding the house covers about 15 acres (6.1 ha). The gardens, which lie to the west and north of the house, had taken on their present form by the 1880s.[59]	II	PGW(Po)58(POW)
Glangrwyney Court	The Vale of Grwyney SO2423416535 51°50′31″N 3°06′00″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[60][61] The 33-acre (13 ha) park and the ha-ha are thought to be contemporary with the late-Georgian house.[62]	II	PGW(Po)44(POW)
Glansevern Hall	Berriew SO1956399908 52°35′26″N 3°11′15″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[63][64][65] The house was designed by Joseph Bromfield and built c. 1800. The surrounding pleasure grounds and gardens are believed to be contemporary with it and cover about 12 acres (4.9 ha) within the parkland of approximately 100 acres (40 ha).[66][67]	II*	PGW(Po)31(POW)
Glanusk Park and Penmyarth	Llangattock SO1917619707 51°52′11″N 3°10′27″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[68][69][70] The house (since demolished) at Glanusk Park was built for Ironmaster Sir Joseph Bailey on land he bought in 1825. He incorporated the neighbouring estate of Penmyarth in 1831 with its grounds being used as a deer park.[71]	II*	PGW(Po)3(POW)
Gliffaes	Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine SO1704319996 51°52′19″N 3°12′18″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden and kitchen garden[72][73] The gardens were laid out in c. 1845 but were developed mainly following the construction of a new house in the 1880s.[74][75]	II*	PGW(Po)4(POW)
Glyn Celyn	Felin-fach SO0855132744 51°59′07″N 3°19′54″W	1 February 2022	Kitchen garden and woodland garden[76][77] The wooded pleasure grounds and walled garden are contemporary with the late Georgian country house built c. 1830–1835 for the Rev. Charles Griffith.[78][79]	II	PGW(Po)50(POW)
Gregynog	Tregynon SO0802397075 52°33′48″N 3°21′25″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[80][81][82] William Emes (c. 1174), Henry Avray Tipping (1930–1933) and Sylvia Crowe (1972) are all associated with what Cadw describes as "one of the most important parks and gardens in Powys" which dates from at least 1500.[83]	I	PGW(Po)33(POW)
The Hall, Abbey Cwmhir	Abbey Cwmhir SO0545371125 52°19′47″N 3°23′15″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[84][85] The estate dates to the twelfth century with the establishment of a Cistercian abbey, to the north of which were two deer parks. The monastic ruins were incorporated into the formal gardens of the nineteenth-century country house.[86]	II	PGW(Po)46(POW)
Harpton Court	Old Radnor SO2333659785 52°13′50″N 3°07′21″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[87][88][89] The landscape park and gardens of an eighteenth and early nineteenth century country mansion. Notable features are the lime avenue in the park and the exceptionally well preserved walled kitchen garden.[90]	II	PGW(Po)59(POW)
Hay Castle	Hay SO2284542347 52°04′25″N 3°07′33″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden[91] The grounds of the medieval castle contain the terraced formal garden, thought to be contemporary with construction of the manor house in c. 1660, and the later pleasure grounds.[92]	II	PGW(Po)11(POW)
Leighton Hall	Forden with Leighton and Trelystan SJ2411704661 52°38′03″N 3°07′17″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[93][94] The high-Victorian formal garden was designed by Edward Kemp and is contemporary with the Gothic style house built in the 1850s. A model farm was built to the north of the house and to the south-east of the main garden is a walled kitchen garden.[95][96]	I	PGW(Po)34(POW)
Llandrindod Wells Public Parks	Llandrindod Wells SO0591060758 52°14′12″N 3°22′41″W	1 February 2022	Public parks[97][98] The group of parks, which includes The Lake and Common, Memorial Gardens, Montpelier Park, Rock Park and Temple Gardens, are associated with the development of Llandrindod Wells as a nineteenth-century spa town.[99]	II*	PGW(Po)20(POW)
Llanerchydol Hall	Welshpool SJ2072607638 52°39′37″N 3°10′20″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[100][101][102] The park was laid out when the house was rebuilt, c. 1820. The Japanese garden dates to the 1920s.[103]	II*	PGW(Po)36(POW)
Llangattock Park	Llangattock SO2128917413 51°50′58″N 3°08′34″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[104][105] The park may have had origins as a medieval deer park and once covered an area of about 382 acres (155 ha), though much of the west side of the park has been lost to re-development. Around the house, built in 1838, is a small ornamental pleasure ground.[106]	II	PGW(Po)2(POW)
Llangedwyn Hall	Llangedwyn SJ1896224553 52°48′44″N 3°12′09″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden and kitchen garden[107][108] The early eighteenth-century formal terraced garden retains some of its original ornamental features.[109]	II*	PGW(Po)1(POW)
Llangoed Hall	Bronllys SO1185539971 52°03′02″N 3°17′08″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden and ornamental garden[110][111] The gardens are attributed to Clough Williams-Ellis who remodelled the house in the 1910s and incorporated the nineteenth-century tree planting and ha-ha into the layout. The walled garden north of the Hall has been redeveloped since the 1990s to include a series of themed gardens.[112]	II	PGW(Po)12(POW)
Lymore Park	Montgomery SO2328196051 52°33′24″N 3°07′54″W	1 February 2022	Park[113] The deer and landscape park is bounded on the west by the B4385 road and on the east by Offa's Dyke. The seventeenth-century house was demolished in 1931.[114][115]	II	PGW(Po)14(POW)
Maesfron	Trewern SJ2795411464 52°41′45″N 3°03′58″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden and walled garden[116][117] The gardens of the late-Georgian house cover about 3 acres (1.2 ha). To the south of the house are a series of grassy terraces, a castellated stone gazebo and a grotto.[118]	II	PGW(Po)53(POW)
Maesllwch Castle	Glasbury SO1720440271 52°03′15″N 3°12′28″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[119][120][121] The 300-acre (120 ha) landscape park forms the Picturesque setting to the grade II listed mock castle built c. 1830–1840 though later remodelled.[122]	II*	PGW(Po)18(POW)
Mellington Hall	Churchstoke SO2570492240 52°31′21″N 3°05′43″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[123][124][125] The mid-Victorian house, now a hotel, is within a park of about 100 acres (40 ha) that is bisected by Offa's Dyke. An area of the gardens to the south of the house is now used as a caravan site.[126]	II	PGW(Po)28(POW)
Old Gwernyfed & Gwernyfed Park	Gwernyfed SO1755437274 52°01′38″N 3°12′07″W	1 February 2022	Deer park and gardens[127][128][129] In the south-east of the registered area is the gentry house of Old Gwernyfed and its seventeenth-century formal gardens. Its former deer park, to the north-west, became the landscape park of the house designed by William Eden Nesfield in 1877–1880 which became a school in 1950.[130][131]	II*	PGW(Po)5(POW)
Pencerrig	Llanelwedd SO0420954012 52°10′32″N 3°24′04″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[132][133] Pencerrig was the home of landscape painter Thomas Jones (1742–1803) who used the estate and surrounding landscape as inspiration for his works. He also kept records of expenditure and works undertaken on the grounds which included an extensive period of replanting in 1792–1796.[134]	II	PGW(Po)19(POW)
Penoyre	Yscir SO0178230773 51°57′59″N 3°25′47″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[135][136] The house was designed by Anthony Salvin for Colonel Lloyd Vaughan Watkins in 1846–1848 at which time the gardens, which included a series of Italianate terraces, were laid out. A golf course had replaced the pleasure grounds and areas of parkland.[137]	II	PGW(Po)13(POW)
Penpont	Trallong SN9711728818 51°56′52″N 3°29′50″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[138][139][140] A large part of the park lies to the south of the A40 road. The house and largely informal gardens lie between the road and the River Usk over which there is a bridge of c. 1660. The kitchen garden lies to the north of the river.[141]	II*	PGW(Po)21(POW)
Plas Dinam	Llandinam SO0284089167 52°29′29″N 3°25′52″W	1 February 2022	Country house garden[142] The house was designed and built by William Eden Nesfield in 1873–74 and the gardens and grounds were laid out at this time or soon after.[143]	II	PGW(Po)25(POW)
Plas Llangattock	Llangattock SO2115217908 51°51′14″N 3°08′42″W	1 February 2022	Cottage garden[144] The garden of the early-eighteenth century house was re-designed in the 1930s and laid out with 'garden rooms' that were rich in botanical interest.[145]	II*	PGW(Po)45(POW)
Plas Machynlleth	Machynlleth SH7462900323 52°35′09″N 3°51′03″W	1 February 2022	Public park and garden[146][147] The landscape park was created from c. 1840 to provide a fine setting for the mansion. Since 1948, when the property came in to civic ownership, parts of the gardens have become sports fields and a housing development, and the remains of the pleasure grounds became a public park.[148][149]	II	PGW(Po)26(POW)
Powis Castle Garden	Welshpool SJ2155306362 52°38′56″N 3°09′35″W	1 February 2022	Terraced garden[150] Cadw describes this site as "the finest surviving baroque late seventeenth-century/ early eighteenth-century garden terraces in the United Kingdom" and regards it to be "of exceptional historic and horticultural interest".[151]	I	PGW(Po)35(POW)
Silia	Presteigne SO3056064282 52°16′19″N 3°01′04″W	1 February 2022	Woodland garden[152] The site is noted for its late Victorian arboretum which was planted c. 1870–1896 when the lodge was the only building on the site. There is a more formal area of garden around the house, which was built c. 1906.[153]	II	PGW(Po)49(POW)
St Aelhaiarn's churchyard	Guilsfield SJ2183411690 52°41′49″N 3°09′24″W	1 February 2022	Cemetery garden[154] It is probable that the churchyard contained yew trees in the medieval era and these remain an important feature of the layout with some of those present thought to date from the seventeenth century.[155]	II*	PGW(Po)54(POW)
Stanage Park	Knighton SO3305871997 52°20′30″N 2°58′58″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[156][157][158] The building of the house and laying out of the parkland was the work of Humphry Repton and John Adey Repton in the early nineteenth century.[159][160]	I	PGW(Po)24(POW)
Treberfydd	Llangors SO1291125671 51°55′20″N 3°16′00″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[161][162][163] The gardens were laid out in 1850 by William Andrews Nesfield who probably incorporated some of the existing ornamental layout into his design.[164]	II*	PGW(Po)7(POW)
Trefecca Fawr	Talgarth SO1415531737 51°58′37″N 3°15′00″W	1 February 2022	Garden[165] The area to the north of the seventeenth-century gentry house includes a scheduled monument consisting of two medieval fishponds. The Arts and Crafts style formal gardens were laid out in the early twentieth century.[166]	II	PGW(Po)8(POW)
Trelydan Hall	Welshpool SJ2294010639 52°41′15″N 3°08′25″W	1 February 2022	Park and country house garden[167][168] The form of the present garden is thought to have been laid out between 1890 and 1920 in a style typical of the period. The site is registered for the relict garden features associated with the mainly Tudor and Jacobean house.[169]	II	PGW(Po)39(POW)
Vaynor Park	Berriew SJ1728900311 52°35′38″N 3°13′16″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[170][171][172] The largely wooded area to the north of the house is the oldest part of the park and was probably developed when the house was built in the early seventeenth century. The house and grounds were re-modelled c. 1840 by Thomas Penson for John Winder Lyon-Winder.[173]	I	PGW(Po)32(POW)

See also

• Wales portal

• Scheduled monuments in Powys
• Grade I listed buildings in Powys
• Grade II* listed buildings in Powys

Notes

1. Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.