Llantilio Court, now demolished (nprn 45092), was a Georgian country house of about 1775 located some 10km east of Abergavenny. The site of the house, to the north of the church of St Teilo (221604), lies towards the west edge of a small landscape park laid out in the late eighteenth century by John Lewis (700407). The house was surrounded by gardens the terraces of which survive.

The gardens lay to the west and northwest of the house and were created when the house and park were established. The gardens are now grassed over, partly as pasture and partly incorporated into the church graveyard. There were two large rectangular terraces to the west of the house and a further smaller one to the northwest. The southwest side of the garden is walled, with a small round look-out tower in the west corner and with curving stone steps up to a lookout platform. Nearby are the headstones of pets’ graves. The northeast boundary of the garden is formed by a steep drop, partly revetted with a stone wall, to the valley below. Halfway down the side of this slope is a levelled narrow terrace or walk. A few mature trees remain in the garden area.

Sources:
Cadw 1994: Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Gwent, 85 (ref: PGW(Gt)7(MON)).
Ordnance Survey second-edition 25-inch map of Monmouthshire VII, sheet 15 (1901).

RCAHMW, 9 September 2022

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Llantilio Court Garden, Llantilio Crossenny