By Nick Enoch PUBLISHED: 13:48 EST, 10 August 2013 | UPDATED: 06:36 EST, 11 August 2013 In the late 18th century, the well-heeled came in their droves to admire the views along the Wye Valley. The lush countryside of Monmouthshire, in south-east Wales, proved an irresistible draw for such luminaries as poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Nelson and Lady Hamilton. As they embarked upon their trek - possibly inspired by Rev William Gilpin's book Observations On The River Wye - they would have come across Piercefield House, a beautiful country retreat to the north of Chepstow.
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Piercefield House, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire was commissioned in 1785
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Neoclassical property in south-east Wales, overlooks 129 acres of parkland
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It is currently owned by billionaire businessmen brothers Simon and David Reuben, indirectly through a subsidiary company
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Offer to buy it for £1m several years ago was rejected
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Save Britain's Heritage campaign group is trying to save the house
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