Gwrych Castle

Since Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh said to his nurse as a young child, ?when I am a man I will build myself a castle upon that spot!?, Gwrych Castle?s distinguished history began. A fairytale dream, created from the imagination of one man in memory of his maternal ancestors, the Lloyds of Gwrych. The site has been in use since ancient pagan times when the Celts roamed the area, existence of them still remain in the form of ?Nany-y-Bella?, ?stream of the God Beli? and the original name of Gwrych, ?Y Fron?, ?rounded hill or barrow?. Gwrych also stands in the centre of an ancient Yew tree forest, some of which are nearly one thousand years old. Gwrych Castle ...  Read the complete review

*UPDATE* Finally, I manage to log onto to Dooyoo in order to update this review. Clayton Hotels has now bought the Castle and a large proportion of the surrounding land and have set about clearing the Castle out in order to turn it into an executive hotel. Work progress has been slow but is ongoing. I, for one, am pleased to see it sold to someone who wants to see the Castle up and running again but I was slightly sad to hear it isn't going to be fully restored to how it once would have been. Clayton has said they will try to keep as many of its original features as possible but I do fear that they'll just gut it completely. I'll certainly be going for a nosey ...  Read the complete review