St Anne's House, Tintern Explained

St Anne's House
Coordinates:51.6964°N -2.6787°W
Gbgridref:ST 5319 9996
Built:late Medieval
Type:Country house
Architecture:vernacular
Location:Tintern
Designation1:Grade II*
Designation1 Date:19 August 1955
Designation1 Number:2051

St Anne's House, Tintern, Monmouthshire, is a house of early medieval origin which includes elements of the gatehouse and chapel of Tintern Abbey. The building was reconstructed in the mid 19th century, when it was the home of John Loraine Baldwin, founder of the I Zingari Cricket Club.

History and architecture

The origin of the house was as the gatehouse of Tintern Abbey and the present building incorporates remnants of that 13th century structure. The gatehouse had a chapel and the house has a three-light Decorated window from that period. . The modern building also comprises the undercroft of the original chapel. In the 19th century, St Anne's was the home of John Loraine Baldwin, Warden of Tintern Abbey, who died there in 1896. Baldwin is notable as the founder of I Zingari[1] as well as the author of the first rules for Badminton[2] and editor of "The Laws of Short Whist".[3]

References

. John Newman (architectural historian). The Buildings of Wales. Gwent/Monmouthshire. 2000. Penguin. 0140710531.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Triple portrait of The Founders of I Zingari . Lords Cricket Club. 3 September 2017.
  2. Web site: John Loraine Baldwin . Badminton England . 3 September 2017.
  3. Web site: The laws of short whist: John Loraine Baldwin (1809–1896). Archive.org . 3 September 2017.