The Hendre
The Hendre, in Rockfield, is the only full-scale Victorian country house in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales. The ancestral estate of the Rolls family, it was the childhood home of Charles Rolls, the motoring and aviation pioneer and the co-founder of Rolls-Royce.Photo: KJP1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ithundir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: country house in Monmouthshire, Wales; home of the Rolls family
- Address: The Hendre, Monmouth, NP25 5HT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Cenedlon’s Church and Church of St Maughan, Llangattock Vibon Avel.
St Cenedlon’s Church
Church
Photo: John Cummings, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Cenedlon's is a parish church in the village of Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales. The dedication to St Cenedlon is unusual and the history of the saint is obscure. St Cenedlon’s Church is situated 1½ miles east of The Hendre.
Church of St Maughan, Llangattock Vibon Avel
Church
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Maughan in St. Maughans, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 13th or 14th century. It was reconstructed in the mid 19th century by John Pollard Seddon for John Etherington Welch Rolls of The Hendre in 1865. Church of St Maughan, Llangattock Vibon Avel is situated 2 miles north of The Hendre.
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 2 miles east of The Hendre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockfield and Maypole.
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. Rockfield is situated 1½ miles east of The Hendre.
Maypole
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maypole is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles northeast of The Hendre.
Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
Village
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern is a village in the community of Whitecastle, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located between Abergavenny and Monmouth and north of Raglan. The River Trothy passes close by. Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern is situated 1½ miles west of The Hendre.
The Hendre
- Category: country house
- Location: Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.82322° or 51° 49′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.78699° or 2° 47′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C3VR6F7+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 849262260OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q823970
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“The Hendre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “亨德利”
- French: “The Hendre”
- Hungarian: “The Hendre”
- Japanese: “ザ・ヘンドレ”
- Polish: “The Hendre”
- Welsh: “Yr Hendre”
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