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Last week’s picture was of Beechwood House. Here’s what you had to say about it:

Today we see Beechwood House. This was built in the mid 1800s as a private residence in what then was countryside. At this time there were a number of similar designed houses built in and around Newport for the very wealthy such as Brynglas House and Malpas Court. Beechwood House and its extensive grounds were purchased by Newport in 1900 for the people of the town. Sadly, this house, like Malpas Court, went into decline and decay but rescue plans costing millions of pounds brought both houses back into public use.

Dave Woolven, Newport

I have not seen this particular photograph of Beechwood House before but shown clearly to the left and middle are three yew trees which also graced the side of the house in a more familiar shot c1900. They are still there today.

Origianlly owned by the Fothergill family of tobacco merchants, the house was acquired by the Borough Corporation in 1900.

When I worked there in the late 1970s to the mid 1980s the ground floor was occupied by Beechwood Bowls Club, a nursery, a shop selling sweets and teas, a foreman’s office and the parks staff messroom.

Upstairs to the front was the superintendent’s office and Newport Railway Society with flats to the back. The hallway was decorated with multi-coloured terracotta-style flooring.

A fire damaged the roof at the back in 1992, but hacing gone through a renovation the house opened in 2008 and is used for multiple business uses. The house and the park bring back many happy memories.

Steve Pavia, Newport