Lower Machen
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|---|---|
 St Michael and All Angels' Church | |
  Lower Machen Location within Newport | |
| OS grid reference | ST215895 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | NP10 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Lower Machen (Welsh: Machen Isaf) is a small hamlet of 19 houses on the A468 road at the very western edge of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Machen itself lies further west in the county borough of Caerphilly, although both lie within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Lower Machen holds an annual festival of chamber music concerts in the 12th-century church of St. Michael and All Angels. Ruperra Castle is also located in Lower Machen.[1] Lower Machen was formerly served by Church Road railway station, which closed in 1957. The Conservative politician, Peter Thorneycroft, lived at Machen House in the hamlet, during his time as Member of Parliament for Monmouth from 1945-1966.[2] Plas Machen, to the south-east of the village on the other side of the A468, is an Elizabethan manor house, the ancestral home of the Morgans of Tredegar. It is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
- ^ "Ruperra Castle for sale". Southwalesargus.co.uk. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ Ridout, Jane (22 July 2022). "Country estate in need of modernisation". Wales Online. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Cadw. "Plas Machen (Grade II*) (2905)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2024.