Bedwellty House

Bedwellty House is a Grade 2 listed house and gardens in Tredegar, in the South Wales Valleys, UK.

History

Originally a ”low thatched roof cottage,” the old house was renovated in 1809. The present Bedwellty House was built in 1818 as a home for Samuel Homfray, whose Iron and Coal Works were the main local employers for much of the 19th century. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6503823.stm BBC NEWS | Wales | South East Wales | £3.6m earmarked for listed house ] ]

The surrounding 26 acre Victorian garden and park, designed originally as a Dutch garden around which one could walk or ride without being confronted by gate, fence or outside features; contains the Long Shelter, a Grade2 listed structure built for the Charterist movement. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/3812011.stm BBC NEWS | Wales | South East Wales | Arson destroys historic pavilion ] ]

Attractions

Visitors today can also see the Edwardian bandstand, gazebo, duck ponds, and a world famous lump of coal – a single 15 ton block hewn by South Wales coal miners for the Great Exhibition in 1851. [ [http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/7962.asp Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council - Bedwellty House & Park ] ] In March 2007, the Heritage Lottery Fund earmarked £3.6m to finance development of the site to help make it the focus of the community.

References

External links

* [http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/7962.asp Bedwellty House] at Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council