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| Caerleon campus | |
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| Type | University campus |
| Location | Caerleon, Newport, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°37′00″N 2°57′42″W / 51.6166°N 2.9618°W / 51.6166; -2.9618 |
| Built | 1912–1914 with later additions |
| Architect | Alfred Swash & Son |
| Architectural style(s) | Edwardian Revival |
| Owner | Private |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Former Caerleon Teacher Training College Building |
| Designated | 2 March 2017 |
| Reference no. | 87729 |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Principal's residence at the University of South Wales, Caerleon Campus |
| Designated | 2 March 2017 |
| Reference no. | 87726 |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Caretaker's/Gardener's lodge at the University of South Wales, Caerleon Campus |
| Designated | 2 March 2017 |
| Reference no. | 87727 |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Gate piers at the University of South Wales, Caerleon Campus |
| Designated | 2 March 2017 |
| Reference no. | 87728 |
  Location of Caerleon campus in Newport | |
Caerleon campus stands near Lodge Hill, a ridge to the north of the town of Caerleon, on the outskirts of Newport, Wales. The site opened as a teacher training college in 1914. In the 1970s the campus became the Gwent College of Higher Education, before being incorporated as a satellite campus of the University of Wales, Newport. On further merger in 2013, it became part of the University of South Wales. The university announced plans to close the campus in 2016 and sell the site for redevelopment. To prevent demolition, the Welsh Government recommended the listing of certain buildings on the site, which was carried out by Cadw, the Welsh historic environment agency, in 2017. The main block and three ancillary buildings are now listed at Grade II. The sale of the site went ahead, and residential redevelopment was in progress at the end of 2024. The site was used for the filming of the Netflix television series Sex Education between 2019 and 2023 when it represented Moordale Secondary School.
History
The impetus for the establishment of the Caerleon campus came from the 1902 Education Act which abolished the existing School boards in England and Wales, replacing them with local education authorities administered by the county councils. In 1908 Monmouthshire County Council, following discussion with neighboring authorities, proposed the establishment of two teacher training colleges, one in Barry for the training of female students, and one at Caerleon for the training of male students. The Caerleon campus site was purchased and in 1912 the foundation stone for the college was laid by Reginald McKenna, member of parliament for North Monmouthshire and Home Secretary in the Liberal Government of the time.
The architects for the new campus were Swash & Son of Newport. Alfred Swash (1860–1939), trained as an architect in the firm of Habershon, Pite and Fawckner, establishing his own practice in 1888. In 1908 he was joined by his son, Frank Stanley. Alfred served as mayor of Newport in 1916–17. Frank Stanley (1885–1965) continued in practice after his father's death, retiring to Poole in Dorset where he died in 1965.
The campus was subsequently renamed Caerleon College of Education, before merging with the Newport College of Art and Design and the Gwent College of Technology in 1975 to become the Gwent College of Higher Education. Further mergers saw academic control move to the University of Wales, Newport in 2004 and to the University of South Wales in 2013. The following year the university announced its intention to close the Caerleon campus and to sell the site, effective from the autumn of 2016. The campus was subsequently bought by Barratt Redrow for residential development. The university and the developers favoured the clearing of the site through demolition but, following a local campaign and political pressure, the main block and three ancillary buildings were protected through listed building status issued by Cadw in 2017. The site was sold on to Acorn Property in 2023 and development work on the estate, renamed Parc Y Coleg, continues as at January 2025.
Architecture and description
The college main block, the former principal's house, the caretaker's lodge and the gatepiers at the entrance to the site are all Grade II listed buildings.
Footnotes
- At the time Caerleon was in the county of Monmouthshire but was transferred to the county borough of Newport in 1996.
References
- ^ Cadw. "Former Caerleon Teacher Training College Building (Grade II) (87729)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- "Caerleon Campus (606)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- "Swash, Alfred 1860 - 1939 | AHRnet". architecture.arthistoryresearch.net.
- "Alfred Swash, Mayor of Newport 1916 - 1917 - Newport Past Photo Search". www.newportpast.com.
- "Swash, Frank Stanley 1885 - 1965 | AHRnet". architecture.arthistoryresearch.net.
- "Our History - University of South Wales". www.southwales.ac.uk.
- "Campus Changes". University of South Wales Campus Changes. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- Thomas, Carys (1 June 2016). "Caerleon group write open letter to re-assess Caerleon campus' main building for listing". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- Williams, Angharad (3 March 2017). "Historic Caerleon college campus given listed status by Cadw". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- https://www.acornpropertygroup.org/development/tempus-at-parc-y-coleg-caerleon/
- Cadw. "Principal's residence at the University of South Wales, Caerleon Campus (Grade II) (87726)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- Cadw. "Caretaker's/Gardener's lodge at the University of South Wales, Caerleon Campus (Grade II) (87727)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- Cadw. "Gate piers at the University of South Wales, Caerleon Campus (Grade II) (87728)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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