[1] It is close to the top of a scarp slope with extensive views westwards over the valley of the River Trothy, and is accessed from the B4293 road.

After being owned briefly by Richard Potter, chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, the estate was sold in 1866 to Dr. William Francis Price of Monmouth, who is credited as the first to introduce anaesthetics to Wales.

He added terraces to the garden and a heated glasshouse with underground boilers, and also had built a large stable block.

He married a widow, Violet Barclay, and for a time ran a small boarding school in the house.

[4][5] The 5.3-hectare (13-acre) ancient woodland, to the south east of the centre, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), notified in 1981 for its biological characteristics.