PLANS are being considered to expand the range of approved venues for weddings and civil partnership ceremonies at Cefn Tilla Court, the 170-year-old former home of Lord Raglan, built as a tribute to his Waterloo and Charge of the Light Brigade ancestor.

The county council is currently reviewing an application to license three areas within the Grade II-listed historic venue near Llandenny – the Great Hall, the Mediterranean Courtyard and the Glass Room – for use in civil marriages and civil partnership registrations.

If approved, the move would allow couples to hold ceremonies in a choice of indoor and outdoor settings at the well-known country house.

Home to the last Lord Raglan until 2010, a change of use application to a wedding venue was granted for the estate in 2020.

The first Lord Raglan served in the Peninsular War and lost an arm at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, where he was military secretary to the Duke of Wellington, famously demanding the return of the amputated limb so he could retrieve the ring that his wife had given him.

As overall commander in the Crimea, he oversaw the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 at the Battle of Balaclava – immortalised in verse by Tennyson – and died eight months later of dysentery with the war still in the balance.

More than 1,600 comrades and friends funded the building of Cefn Tilla in memory of the field marshall in 1858 and bequeathed it to his family with 238 acres of land.

Members of the public can view the application and accompanying plans at the Register Office at County Hall in Usk.

Anyone wishing to raise an objection to the proposal may do so in writing, providing reasons, within 21 days of the notice being published.

Find out about planning applications that affect you by visiting the Public Notice Portal.

Objections should be sent to Monmouthshire County Council’s Register Office.