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Registered historic parks and gardens in Blaenau Gwent

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Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. It covers an area of 109 km2 (42 sq mi) and in 2023 the population was approximately 66,993.

The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022. It is administered by Cadw, the historic environment agency of the Welsh Government. It includes just under 400 sites, ranging from gardens of private houses, to cemeteries and public parks. Parks and gardens are listed at one of three grades, matching the grading system used for listed buildings. Grade I is the highest grade, for sites of exceptional interest; Grade II*, the next highest, denotes parks and gardens of more than special interest; while Grade II denotes nationally important sites of special interest.[1][2]

Blaenau Gwent has only one site on the register, the grounds of Bedwellty House in Tredegar.[3] These are listed at Grade II.[4]

List of parks and gardens

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Grade Criteria[5]
I Parks and gardens of exceptional interest
II* Particularly important parks and gardens of more than special interest
II Parks and gardens of national importance and special interest
List of parks and gardens
Name Location
Grid Ref.[note 1]
Geo-coordinates 		Date ListedSite typeDescription / NotesGrade Reference Number Image
Bedwellty Park Tredegar
SO 14339 08501
51°46′07″N 3°14′34″W / 51.768611°N 3.242778°W / 51.768611; -3.242778 (Bedwellty Park) 		1 February 2022GardenThe Bedwellty estate was bought by the ironmaster Samuel Homfray in 1800. He built the current house, which his son extended while also developing the grounds. It was bought by the Morgans of Tredegar House who gave it to the people of Tredegar as a public park in 1901. The park contains the town's war memorial, a rare listed icehouse and two large blocks of coal, cut to celebrate the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the Festival of Britain in 1951.[4]II PGW(Gt)39(BLG) Bandstand and flowerbeds

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Notes

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  1. ^ Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.

References

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  1. ^ "Historic Parks and Gardens". Cadw. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Registered historic parks and gardens". Cadw. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ Cadw. "Bedwellty House, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent (Grade II) (1862)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cadw. "Bedwellty Park (PGW(Gt)39(BLG))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Understanding registered historic parks & gardens: 2. What is registration?". Cadw. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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