Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars restricted travel to Continental Europe. Their popularity was confirmed in the account of a tour undertaken in 1770 by William Gilpin, a founder of the Picturesque movement. He wrote of Piercefield; "Mr Morris's improvements are generally thought as much worth a traveller's notice as anything on the banks of the Wye". On his visit in 1760, when the first iteration of the park was largely complete, Edward Knight, cousin of another devotee of the picturesque, Richard Payne Knight, recorded twenty-six structures in the park, including a Chinese Bridge, a Druid's Temple and a tower. By the time of Coxe's tour, some forty years later, only nine remained. The views created were not universally admired. The River Wye is tidal at Lancaut, leading to the deposit of mudflats. Francis Kilvert, who visited in 1875, disliked the result; “I was disappointed in the famous view of the Wynd Cliff…any view would be spoilt by the filthy ditch which they call the Wye, a scene of ugly foreshore and wastes of hideous mud banks with a sluggish brown stream winding low in the bottom”. Piercefield Park is listed, jointly with the Wyndcliff, at Grade I on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. A number of features within the park and grounds are scheduled monuments. These include the Cold Bath, the Alcove, the Giant's Cave, the Platform, and the Grotto. Gallery Notes References Sources External links Piercefield Park website Picturesque Piercefield Wye Valley AONB leaflet Archaeological survey of Piercefield Park Landscape features People’s Collection Wales entry for Piercefield Youtube video of the house, 2021 Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire Houses in Monmouthshire History of Monmouthshire Ruins in Wales John Soane buildings Chepstow Country houses in Monmouthshire Ruined houses Grade II* listed ruins in Wales Grade II* listed houses in Wales Reuben Brothers Registered historic parks and gardens in Monmouthshire