Английская Википедия:High Glanau

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Шаблон:Infobox historic site High Glanau (also known as High Glanau Manor) is a country house and Grade II* listed building within the community of Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about Шаблон:Convert south-west of Monmouth, and Шаблон:Convert north of Trellech, adjoining the B4293 road and with views westwards over the Vale of Usk. Commissioned by Henry Avray Tipping and designed by Eric Francis, 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.

History

Henry Avray Tipping (1855-1933) was born in France, the youngest of four sons, to a family of prosperous merchants.Шаблон:Sfn After reading history at Oxford,Шаблон:Sfn he moved to Monmouthshire, where he bought the Mathern Palace estate in 1894.Шаблон:EfnШаблон:Sfn While at Mathern he began his professional career as a writer, becoming editor of Country Life magazine, and developed his alternative career as an architect and garden designer, while expanding his circle of friends to include Edwin Lutyens, Edward Hudson, Gertrude Jekyll and Harold Peto. In 1912, after the death of his mother and the last of his three older brothers,Шаблон:Sfn Tipping moved to Mounton, north of Chepstow, and began the building of Mounton House, in collaboration with Eric Francis.Шаблон:Sfn By 1922, with Tipping planning his retirement, he again moved north, and again employed Francis to design his last home in Monmouthshire, High Glanau.Шаблон:Sfn Tipping had bought the 1,640 acre estate, near Trellech, as a rough shoot in 1917.Шаблон:Sfn

Tipping moved to London in 1930, and died in 1933.Шаблон:Sfn The house was given Grade II* listed building status on 22 February 1989. It is privately owned. The gardens are open to the public on several days each year.Шаблон:Sfn

Architecture and description

High Glanua is designed in Francis' favoured 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.Шаблон:Sfn The gardens were created by Tipping between 1922 and 1929. Several cottages around the estate were built by Francis for Tipping at about the same time.Шаблон:Sfn

Garden

The gardens are described by the National Gardens Scheme as having a "pergola, herbaceous borders, Edwardian glasshouse, rhododendrons, azaleas, tulips, orchard with wild flowers and woodland walks". The pergola columns are the original stone, but the oak crossing beams have been replaced, a restoration funded by Cadw.Шаблон:Sfn The terraces are highly structured, with steps, walls and piers, although some architectural features, such as finials and urns were stolen in the 1990s. The terraces have their own Grade II* listing. The garden wall and pergola, greenhouse, gardener's cottage and garage are all listed Grade II. The garden historian Elisabeth Whittle describes High Glanau, along with Tipping's other gardens at Mathern Palace, Mounton House and Wyndcliffe Court as "four of the best Welsh gardens of (the Arts and Crafts) period".Шаблон:Sfn The gardens themselves are listed at Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

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External links

• Ambra Edwards, Visiting gardens: a national obsession, Daily Telegraph, 18 April 2012 – article with images of High Glanau