History

Gliffaes is said to have been built c1881 for Rev. W. West, the architects being Brown & Gill of Bath. West's father, William H. West, had laid out the gardens c1845 and lived in an earlier house to N, which became a stable when the new house was built. Gliffaes was sold in 1903 to Sir Shirley Salt, who added a porte cochere to the entrance. The house became a hotel c1936. The ornamental dipping pool is an integral part of the 1880s set piece.

Exterior

Ornamental dipping pool of coursed rubble sandstone with tooled dressings. On the S side facing the house is a semi-circular pool of dressed stone with a V-shaped spout. The spout is inside a round-headed recess with hammer-dressed voussoirs and projecting keystone, all beneath a shaped gable with projecting coping stones. To L and R of pool are stone steps to lower level. On the N side is a simpler rectangular pool at a lower level fed from a stone spout.

Reasons for Listing

A well-detailed garden feature making an important contribution to the setting of Gliffaes.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29497955

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)