Treowen

On the ancient bor­ders between Wales and Eng­land there stands a state­ly home. It nes­tles in the age­less and tran­quil Mon­mouthshire coun­try­side — a place a lit­tle out of time. It’s the fad­ed seat of the Whee­lock fam­i­ly, who’ve extend­ed their fam­i­ly home beyond the wak­ing world.

“…the house is its own character.”

Brodie

The Whee­locks count brick­mak­ers, archi­tects and adepts among their num­ber; they’ve laboured long and secret­ly, mark­ing bricks with Ram­sund so that when the house sleeps the bricks give rise to dream­ing selves and a house ris­es in the Bounds. Their great­est work, the Wind­ing Stair, is a back-way into the Man­sus that can be ascend­ed almost to the Con­cur­sum. This is how and why the Avi­form hours meet there. Gos­sip and mys­ter­ies lie scat­tered like so many crumbs.

Tre­owen is an ear­ly 17th-cen­tu­ry Grade I‑listed manor house in the parish of Wonas­tow in the coun­ty of Mon­mouthshire. Its his­to­ry sprawls over four storeys of oak pan­elling, ancient stair­cas­es, and hid­den nooks.

The beau­ti­ful gar­dens and grounds, and the enchant­i­ng Mon­mouthshire coun­try­side can be seen from every lead­ed win­dow. The posi­tion com­mands exten­sive views west and south over the Trothy val­ley toward the Wye val­ley and the For­est of Dean, west­ward to the Mon­mouthshire val­leys and north­ward as far as the Black Mountains.

“There is something very moving about the distant view of Treowen, rising suddenly, high and lonely, out of the fields.” 

Mark Girouard, archi­tec­tur­al historian

The address for Google Maps / sat nav is Tre­owen, Wonas­tow, Mon­mouth, NP25 4DL.