Bertholey House, is a country house near the village of Llantrisant, in Monmouthshire, Wales. A Tudor house originally stood on the site, the home of the Kemeys family. In the 1830s, a new mansion was built, in a Neoclassical style, for Colthurst Bateman. This house was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1905. From 1999, the mansion was restored and is again a private home. The gardens and grounds are listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

Bertholey House
The house in its park
TypeHouse
LocationLlantrisant, Monmouthshire
Coordinates51°38′46″N 2°52′20″W / 51.6462°N 2.8721°W / 51.6462; -2.8721
Builtc.1830
Architectural style(s)Neoclassical
Official nameBertholey House
Designated1 February 2022
Reference no.PGW(Gt)11(MON)
ListingGrade II
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameFormer Farmhouse Range at Bertholey
Designated25 February 2000
Reference no.22918
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameStable/Cartshed block at Bertholey, including attached wall and lean-to to west
Designated3 August 2000
Reference no.23868
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameDovecote at Bertholey
Designated25 February 2000
Reference no.22920
Bertholey House is located in Monmouthshire
Bertholey House
Location of Bertholey House in Monmouthshire

History

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The estate at Bertholey originally belonged to a cadet branch of the Kemeys family of Kemeys Manor. John Newman, in his Gwent/Monmouthshire volume of the Pevsner Buildings of Wales notes that Edward, Lord of Kemeys, had established his family in South Wales in the early 13th century.[1]

In 1809, Colthurst Bateman (1780-1859) married Jane Sarah Kemeys Gardener-Kemeys, heiress to Bertholey, and they built a new house on the site. This has been attributed to George Vaughan Maddox of Monmouth, a prominent local architect.[2][a]

The house was almost totally destroyed in a fire in 1905.[4] It was restored in 1999.[5]

Architecture and description

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John Newman suggests that, had Bertholey survived, it would have been "one of the outstanding Neoclassical buildings in the county."[3] It was of three storeys and five bays.[3][b]

In 2022 the gardens and park were listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[6][7] Three estate buildings are listed, all at grade II, including elements of the original house, which were used as a farmhouse after 1830,[8] the stables,[9] and a dovecote.[10]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ John Newman does not ascribe the house to Maddox, describing the house's architect as unknown.[3]
  2. ^ The 1990s reconstruction only restored two of the original three storeys.

References

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  1. ^ Newman 2000, pp. 259–261.
  2. ^ Kingsley, Nicholas. "Bateman of Oak Park, Altavilla and Bertholey House". Landed families of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Newman 2000, p. 360.
  4. ^ "Bertholey House, Llantrisant Fawr (36462)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Bertholey House". Parks & Gardens UK. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ Cadw. "Bertholey House (PGW(Gt)11(MON))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Bertholey House Gardens, Llantrisant (265989)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. ^ Cadw. "Former farmhouse range at Bertholey (Grade II) (22918)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. ^ Cadw. "Stable/Cartshed block at Bertholey, including attached wall and lean-to to west (Grade II) (23868)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  10. ^ Cadw. "Dovecote at Bertholey (Grade II) (22920)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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