Gwrych Castle Guidebook

Gwrych Castle is a Grade I listed country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. On an ancient site, the current building was created by Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh and his descendants over much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The castle and its 236-acre estate are now owned by a charity, the Gwrych Castle Preservation T…
Gwrych Castle is a Grade I listed country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. On an ancient site, the current building was created by Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh and his descendants over much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The castle and its 236-acre estate are now owned by a charity, the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust.
  • Owner: Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust
  • Built: Original building c.14th/15th centuries · Rebuilt 1810 onwards
  • Built by: Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh (1812–1822) · Charles Augustin Busby (Completed 1815) · Thomas Rickman (1819–1820) · Henry Kennedy (c. 1840s) · George Edmund Street (c. 1870s) · Detmar Blow (1914)
  • Condition: Derelict, being restored
  • In use: Open to public
  • Materials: Cast iron, grey and white limestone
  • Type: Gothic revival

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