Dingestow Court

Dingestow Court
Dingestow Court by Augustus Butler; mid 19th century lithograph.
General information
Town or city	Dingestow
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°47′00″N 2°47′52″W / 51.7834°N 2.7978°WCoordinates: 51°47′00″N 2°47′52″W / 51.7834°N 2.7978°W
Construction started	early 1600
Completed	1927
Client	Samuel Bosanquet
Design and construction
Architect	Lewis Vulliamy, Prichard and Seddon, and others
Designations	Grade II* listed

Dingestow Court, at Dingestow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a Victorian country house with earlier origins and later additions. Newman describes it as "one of the county's major houses."^[1] The court has been designated a Grade II* listed building since 5 January 1952.^[2]

The court has an "unusually complicated building history. Its origins are the early sixteenth-century house of the Jones family,"^[1] of which part of the gatehouse range survives.^[2] In the late eighteenth century, the main house was rebuilt by James Duberley and was then acquired by Samuel Bosanquet in 1801.^[1] In the mid-nineteenth century, Sir John Bosanquet commissioned Lewis Vulliamy to extend and restore the house,^[2] followed, some twenty years later, with limited additions, although much more extensive plans, by John Prichard and John Pollard Seddon. An east wing and interior re-modelling were undertaken in the late nineteenth century and finally the kitchen wing was added in 1927.^[1]

The varied building history of the court is reflected in its rather disjointed appearance. Vulliamy's south front is a near copy of that of the mansion of Franks Hall, Horton Kirby, Kent.^[3] The west front includes the original sixteenth-century gatehouse.^[3] The interior is little more co-ordinated but contains some "significant" nineteenth century rooms.^[1]

The grounds were laid out by Edward Milner in the nineteenth century.^[4] They are a largely complete example of a nineteenth-century park.^[5]

The court remains the private home of the Bosanquets^[6] and is not open to the public, although the grounds are occasionally opened for charitable events.^[7]

Notes

1. Newman, John. Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. Yale University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0300096309.
2. "Dingestow Court – Mitchel Troy – Monmouthshire – Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
3. The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 213
4. "Parks and Gardens UK". Parksandgardens.ac.uk. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
5. "Dingestow Court, Garden, Dingestow | Manylion Y Safle". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
6. "DINGESTOW COURT | Site Details". Coflein. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
7. Time (2011-08-18). "Dingestow Court Open Gardens". The Wildlife Trusts. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

Bibliography

• The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire; Newman,J ISBN 0-14-071053-1