In 1901 the Mount was the private residence of Mrs Smith who also owned the small parish of St Kingsmark, just north of Chepstow.

In the Second World War the Mount was a base Prisoner-of-War camp, number 197.

I

'The panelling and bookcases in these offices came from the steamships Servia and Alaska - the first greyhounds of the Atlantic.'

The Servia, a Cunard ship was launched at Clydebank in 1881, and at the time was the largest vessel afloat apart from the Great Eastern. She held the prestigious Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing. The Servia was broken up in 1902.

The Alaska was a ship of the Guion Line, owned by Stephen Guion, who had been a Cunard manager and set up his own line in 1866. Guion had several large fast ships including the Alaska, the 'Greyhound of the Oceans', The Guion line stopped operating in 1894.