Malpas Court

Malpas Court is a fine stone mansion set a few hundred metres off the Malpas Road on the northern fringe of Newport. It was built for Thomas Prothero between 1835 and 1838. The architect was Thomas Henry Wyatt and this was the first completely new mansion he designed. Though he was involved in the rebuilding of Llantarnam Abbey which like Malpas Court is gabled Tudor in style.

Nowadays the property is surrounded by houses and a large primary school. However to appreciate its former grandeur one needs to imagine the mansion set in landscaped parkland running down from the Malpas Road to the canal – the house being situated in the centre with fine views out over the canal