Pontypool Park | |
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Type | School |
Location | Pontypool, Torfaen |
Coordinates | 51°42′12″N 3°02′19″W / 51.7034°N 3.0386°W |
Built | Early 18th century |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | St. Alban's R.C. School |
Designated | 2 July 1962 |
Reference no. | 3119 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | The Valley Inheritance Museum |
Designated | 2 July 1962 |
Reference no. | 3120 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Double icehouse in Pontypool Park |
Designated | 28 August 1997 |
Reference no. | 18811 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Shell Grotto |
Designated | 2 July 1962 |
Reference no. | 3122 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Entrance Gates to Pontypool Park. |
Designated | 29 May 1997 |
Reference no. | 18466 |
Pontypool Park (Welsh: Parc Pont-y-pŵl) is a 150-acre (0.61 km2) park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware. The grounds were purchased by the local authority in 1920, while the estate house was leased, and later sold, to the Sisters of the Holy Ghost to become St. Alban's RC High School. The former stables now house the Torfaen Museum. The grounds contain a number of structures including a double ice house, the Folly Tower and the Shell Grotto. The park is entered through the Pontymoile Gates. The gates, the grotto and the stables are all Grade II* listed structures, while the former hall and the ice house are listed Grade II. The park itself is designated at Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.