Report - Piercefield House cellar and tunnel, Chepstow. Feb '24

[Westcountry Explorer]

The central part of Piercefield House was designed and built in the late 18th Century by Sir John Soane. The two flanking pavilions are of a slightly later date. There's also an extensive stable block as well. The house and much of the estate was sokd to Chepstow racecouse company in 1925. In 2006 the estate came into the possession of the Reuben brothers through their ownership of Northern Racing.

The main house is nowadays nothing more than a shell and not overly exciting. The cellar and tunnel is a lot more interesting I think; definitely more of a highlight.

 

[TheJungleBeast]

Nice that is some thing different!
I was speaking to some one from Chepstow that says there are tunnels under Chepstow castle, accessed via the cliff face, sounds really dangerous but very interesting too.

 

[Westcountry Explorer]

Nice that is some thing different!
I was speaking to some one from Chepstow that says there are tunnels under Chepstow castle, accessed via the cliff face, sounds really dangerous but very interesting too.

Aye, is a bit different. For me, it was the only part of Piercefield House worth visiting; having said that, I didn't get into the stable block part so don't know if any of that's worth looking at.

Tunnels under Chepstow castle does sound very interesting though, like you say, cliff face access sounds dangerous. Next time I'm over Chepstow way I'll see if I can spot the tunnel entrances

 

[GRONK]

Looks a really decent one that, cheers for sharing

 

[Westcountry Explorer]

Looks a really decent one that, cheers for sharing

Aye, is a decent one indeed; a nice long bit of tunnel too 😊

 

[Calamity Jane]

I wasn't expecting this. Its nice and different too.

 

[Westcountry Explorer]

I wasn't expecting this. Its nice and different too.

I had a rough idea of what it's like from some YouTube vids I've seen but was still pleasantly surprised by how good it is