Tipping had earlier lived and worked at Mathern Palace in the late 1890s[1] and in 1910 began the construction of his home at Mounton, on the site of a cliff-top garden he had previously designed.

[1] Tipping worked with the Chepstow architect Eric Francis to create a large house in the Arts and Crafts style using local materials.

[4] They are listed at Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

[6] The main building forms the central block of a three-sided courtyard, with a service court to the left and a long gallery to the right.

[2] A large number of the estate structures have their own Grade II listings including, the North and Vine pergolas,[7][8] the North and South urns on the bowling green,[9][10] the tea house,[11] the courtyard buildings,[12] the garden walls[13] and three gardeners' cottages.