Penpont, located in the picturesque Usk valley, is one of the most historic and important houses in Brecknock (nprn 16026). It is remarkable for the survival, in a highly picturesque situation, of its early nineteenth-century landscape park (301202) and garden (700365).

Penpont kitchen garden is the most northerly component of the park and gardens complex. It lies within a six-sided rectangular walled enclosure, long axis north by south, on the north side of the river Usk which flows through the estate, and about 250m north-west of the house. Although the earliest documentary evidence for the park dates from 1738 the kitchen garden and its associated nurseries first appear on a map of 1794. The garden is currently being used for growing vegetables. It was photographed during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance in June 2014.

Late nineteenth-century maps portray a layout of perimeter path and an east-west partition wall against which are glasshouses, and all surrounded by orchards. The present-day layout appears to be largely unchanged.

Additional source:
Cadw Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, Powys (ref: PGW (Po) 21 (POW)).

RCAHMW, 12 July 2022

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Penpont Manor Kitchen Garden