Later, after we left Tintern Abbey, we drove in a number of different directions ("Mindy" got confused!) but we finally got on track - although a lot of it was one-track narrow lanes! Our destination was a golf course Mena had found when we were looking for accommodation around Monmouth in Wales. For anyone who knows me, to hear me say (or in this case type) that I was off – willingly – to visit a golf course would think that was unbelievable! However, there we were Monday morning entering the grounds of the Rolls Golf Course of Monmouth!
The Hendry, the estate that is now the location of this golf club, has Monmouthshire's only full-scale Victorian country house, constructed in the Victorian Gothic style. It is located some 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the town of Monmouth. Built in the eighteenth century as a shooting box, it was vastly expanded by the Rolls family in three stages throughout the nineteenth century and is most famous as the childhood home of Charles Stewart Rolls, co-founder of Rolls Royce. The house is Grade II Listed and is now the clubhouse of the Rolls of Monmouth Golf Club. The Rolls family were substantial landowners and benefactors in and around Monmouth in south east Wales. Charles Stewart Rolls was the co-founder of the Rolls-Royce company. The house itself is used as weddings but the number is limits to 8 per year because of the small staff employed there. It has also been used as a setting in movie and TV productions.
We didn't stay long but long enough for Trevor to buy a souvenir hat!
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| Loved the myriad of chimney pots on the roof |
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| Mena with Trev sporting his new hat |
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| No Rolls in the parking lot but I did spot this Lamborghini |
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