St Pierre, Monmouthshire

St Pierre
The Church of St Peter
St Pierre is located in Monmouthshire
St Pierre
St Pierre
Location within Monmouthshire
OS grid referenceST515905
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHEPSTOW
Postcode districtNP16
Dialling code01291
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Monmouthshire
51°36′42″N 2°42′09″W / 51.611643°N 2.702403°W / 51.611643; -2.702403

St Pierre is a former parish and hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Chepstow and adjacent to the Severn Estuary. It is now the site of a large golf and country club, the Marriott St Pierre Hotel & Country Club, which was previously a large manor house and deer park belonging to the Lewis family.

History

The Manor of St. Pierre, 1825

The manor of St Pierre was originally part of the parish of Runston, now a deserted village whose only standing remains are Runston Chapel, and was later amalgamated for civil purposes with the neighbouring parish of Mathern. It is uncertain whether the name originates from a Welsh family, Pŷr, or is of Norman origin.

Around 1380, St Pierre was owned by Sir David ap Philip, who served under King Henry V in France, and the name of his son, Lewis, was later adopted by his family and descendants as their surname. The manor continued to be held by the Lewis family until about 1910. One descendant of the family - General Lewis still lives in the mansion. Thomas Lewis, Esq., married the daughter of Sir Richard Levett, Lord Mayor of London, and other Lewis family members also made propitious marriages. Several members of the family became High Sheriffs of Monmouthshire.[1] Others became Members of Parliament, including Thomas Lewis who was MP for Monmouth, Newport and Usk between 1713 and 1752. His family took over and developed the "New Passage" ferry service across the Severn from Black Rock, in competition with the "Old Passage" service run from Beachley by the Duke of Beaufort.[2] In 1925, the mansion and deer park were sold to Daniel Lysaght.[3]

The former manor house includes an important 16th-century gatehouse which is a Grade II* listed building,[4] but the remainder of the building was largely built in the 19th century. Major extensions have been added since the house became a hotel in the 1960s. It was bought by Tintern Abbey Hotels in 1961, and a golf course (now "the Old Course") was opened in 1962 with a second course in 1975.[5]

Church of St Peter

St Peter's church, interior

The church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building. It is Norman in origin, with the earliest records dating to 1254. The nave is Norman, but little remains of the Norman fabric. The chancel was added in the 14th century. New windows and fittings were installed in the 16th century. The church was restored in the Victorian manner by A. W. Maberly of Gloucester in 1873 to 1875, when altar front, screen and font were reinstalled, these having been removed during the Commonwealth period. The church was further restored by Eric Francis in the early 20th century.[6][7]

It has been suggested that the church may be of Saxon origin.[8] It has a Norman doorway and windows, but was largely rebuilt in later centuries. In the chancel are two ancient stone coffin lids, each bearing an inscription in Norman French, one to Urien de St Pierre, lord of the manor, who died in 1239 and the other to a contemporary cleric of the church, Rector Benet.[9] There are also numerous wall-mounted monuments to members of the Lewis family.[10]

The church is adjacent to the main house, now the country club, and is in the parish of Mathern. There are weekly Sunday morning services.[11]

Golf club

St Pierre Golf & Country Club was the venue for the Curtis Cup in 1980, the Solheim Cup in 1996, and the PGA Welsh Masters in 2000. The club has also hosted many European Tour events including the Epson Grand Prix of Europe from 1986 to 1991 (match play until 1989 and then stroke play), and the British Masters on eight occasions between 1971 and 1983. The Old Course boasts a championship length of over 6,000 yards, par 72.[5] It hosted the 2010 Fightmaster Cup.

St Pierre Pill

The harbour at St Pierre Pill, looking towards the Second Severn Crossing

St Pierre Pill, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the golf club on the Wales Coast Path, is an anchorage for small boats on the Severn Estuary. It is the base of the Chepstow and District Yacht Club.[12] There is a small lighthouse known as Redcliffe Lights, on Red Cliff overlooking the harbour, which is operated by the Gloucester Harbour Trustees.[13]

The harbour originally covered a much larger area, later silted up, and is believed to be the site of an important post-Roman harbour, associated with legends of St Tewdric. A ninth-century source which refers to the harbour as Porth-is-Coed – a name later used for the nearby village of Portskewett – also provides the first description of the tidal cycle in Britain.[14][15] According to Fred Hando, as recently as 1860, the harbour was navigable by 70-ton barges as far upstream as the present golf club.[16] Hando reports also that the Welsh Triads described it as "one of the three great ports of Britain."[17]

References

  1. ^ Sir Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire, 1904–33
  2. ^ Ivor Waters, Turnpike Roads – the Chepstow and New Passage Turnpike Districts, 1985, ISBN 0-906134-31-5
  3. ^ "Archives Network – St. Pierre estate records". Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ Cadw. "Gatehouse and attached range at St Pierre Hotel (Grade II*) (2010)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Welcome to golftravelengland.com". www.golftravelengland.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. ^ Cadw. "Church of St Peter (Grade II) (2043)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Church of St Peter, Mathern, Monmouthshire". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. ^ Embrey OBE, Prof Derek; Utting, Tony (2008). An History of Saint Peter's Church at St Pierre in Monmouthshire: A Guided Tour (09/2016: 080721-150 ed.). Mathern Grouped Parish Publications.
  9. ^ "Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting & Domain Names from Heart Internet". data-wales.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  10. ^ "KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, 1901". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  11. ^ "St Peter, St Pierre - The Parish of Mathern, comprising Mathern, Shirenewton, Mounton and St Pierre". parish.churchinwales.org.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  12. ^ Chepstow and District Yacht Club. Accessed 2 April 2012
  13. ^ Gloucester Harbour Trustees, Marine Safety in the Severn Estuary and Lower Wye, p.22. Accessed 2 April 2012
  14. ^ Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust: Historic Landscape Characterisation, The Gwent Levels, St. Pierre. Accessed 2 April 2012
  15. ^ Chris Barber and David Pykitt, Journey to Avalon: the final discovery of King Arthur, Weiser Books, 1997 ISBN 1-57863-024-X
  16. ^ Chris Barber (ed.), Hando's Gwent, 1987, ISBN 0-9510444-4-3
  17. ^ Hando. F. J., 1954, Monmouthshire Sketch Book, Newport, R. H. Johns, Chapter VI – Black Rock and Heston Brake.

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