Notes on GREAT MILTON, Newport, Gwent 2005

In a quiet roadside location and a very short distance from Newport in Gwent, Great Milton is an unexpected pleasure.

Built 16th century, of limestone rubble, this is a farmhouse laid out in an L shape with mullion windows, two storeys and an attic.

After much discussion of renovation a few years back it now stands in a perilous state: boarded up and crumbling. The interior remains un-modernised with flagged stone floors and a collapsing wooden spiral staircase. The gardens, small and unkempt are also in need of restoration.

Great Milton