Croft-Y-Bwla
Croft-Y-Bwla is a country house and farm 1.5 miles north-west of Monmouth, south-east Wales. The house was built around 1830 and was designed by the noted Monmouth architect George Vaughan Maddox.Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: Grade II listed building in Monmouth. About 1200m north-west of Monmouth center.
- Also known as: “Croft-y-bwla”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monmouth Castle and Monnow Bridge.
Monmouth Castle
Castle
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales. Monmouth Castle is situated 1 mile southeast of Croft-Y-Bwla.
Monnow Bridge
Photo: Bob Crowther, CC BY 2.0.
Monnow Bridge, in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge. Such bridge towers were common across Europe from medieval times, but many were destroyed due to urban expansion, diminishing defensive requirements and the increasing demands of traffic and trade. Monnow Bridge is situated 1 mile southeast of Croft-Y-Bwla.
Rockfield Studios
Recording studio
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rockfield Studios is a residential recording studio located in the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, close to the village of Rockfield. The studio was founded in 1963 by brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward. Rockfield Studios is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Croft-Y-Bwla.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osbaston and Overmonnow.
Osbaston
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Osbaston is a suburb of Monmouth, Wales, located less than 1 mile north of the town centre. It was the site of one of the first public electricity generating stations in Britain, using water power from the River Monnow.
Overmonnow
Suburb
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overmonnow is a suburb of the town of Monmouth, in Wales, which is located to the west of the River Monnow and the Monnow Bridge. It developed in the Middle Ages, when it was protected by a defensive ditch, the Clawdd-du or "Black Dyke", the remains of which are now protected as an ancient monument.
Rockfield
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rockfield is a small village in the community of Whitecastle, Monmouthshire, Southeast Wales. It is located beside the River Monnow, about 3.2 kilometres north-west of Monmouth, at the junction of the B4233 to Abergavenny and the B4347 to Grosmont. Rockfield Studios is situated just south of the village.
Croft-Y-Bwla
- Categories: English country house and farm
- Location: Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.81823° or 51° 49′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.73961° or 2° 44′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3VR796+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 169461559OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q614797
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In Other Languages
From Hungarian to Welsh—“Croft-Y-Bwla” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Croft-Y-Bwla”
- Welsh: “Croft-Y-Bwla”
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Highlights include Attenuation Pond and Ancre Hill Estates.
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