Talk:Whitson

Whitson Court

Whitson Court. It is listed under Newport City Council as at risk - what does this mean. It states it is abandoned but this property was sold in 1998 though has been neglected ever since. This house is now looking sad and delapitated - does anyone know what is happening to it - and if there is a chance it could be up for sale again.

81.145.240.100 13:58, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I would urge you to ask Newport City Council exactly what it means. Any Georgian building it probably going to have at least some historic merit and the history I have seen of Whiston Court is indeed quite interesting. But I am not sure that it is actually listed for protection and if so at what Grade. The council should at least be able to tell you who now owns it. Martinevans123 14:38, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Local sources sugget that the property was most recently bought ny a local businessman who plans to thoroughly renovate it. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Planning application Ref 08/0070 under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Consevation Areas) Act 1990, under Section 73 (Developement Affecting the Character or Appearance of a Conservation Area) has recently been made to Newport City Council to undertake the following work to Whitson Court: repair/replacement of roof covering, replacement of defective roof and floor timbers, rebuilding of chimney stacks, repair of windows and doors and repairs to brickwork of main house. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Work seems to have now started on the roof. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:03, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Monksditch

The Geograph link to a "main drainage ditch" shows the road to Redwick, just past Whitson Arch, leading to Bowleaze Common, not Monksditch. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:25, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Church

Bradney (1933) does indeed give no dedication, but then neither does he give one for Goldcliff or for Nash. "St.Mary's" is certainly used locally and by some websites (see [1]), although not by others (see [2]). There isn't a great deal of confusion with the church at Goldcliff, which is dedicated to St.Mary Magdalene. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

William Phillips

Although not wholly reliable, this source says this, in relation to an armorial bookplate:

"William Phillips of Witston House was a magistrate, Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouthshire, and its High Sheriff in 1845. He succeeded his father, William Phillips, J.P., who was High Sheriff for Monmouthshire in 1806. Witston House (later Whitson Court), in the village of Witston (later Whitson), near Newport, South Wales, was built for the Phillips family in the 1790s, possibly by John Nash. The family remained there into the nineteenth century. During the twentieth century, the residence housed exiled French nuns, German Jewish refugees, German prisoners of war, and a private zoo."

There are two entries at Sheriff of Monmouthshire - one for 1761 (presumably the elder) and one for 1 February 1306 (presumably the younger), both with reliable sources. The history of Whitehall Farm/Redbrick House suggests that the son of the younger Philips, also named William, was drowned when returning form America. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:13, 11 February 2015 (UTC)