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Bryn Bras Castle
Bryn Bras Castle is a 19th-century neo-Romanesque country house on the old road between Llanrug and Llanberis in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. Built 1829–1835, it is a Grade II* listed building with listed boundary walls, gates and turrets; its gardens and park are also registered for their historic interest. The house has since been converted into private apartments.
Its prime
1835
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1835
What Bryn Bras Castle looked like in its prime.
A pale grey rubble-stone country house with a stepped roofline punctuated by multiple crenellated towers and turrets of varying heights; arched and rectangular windows set in coursed masonry; prominent battlemented parapets and chimneys. The building sits behind a low stone boundary wall and timber gate, approached by a gravel drive through specimen trees and parkland. Formal garden features — clipped knot beds, statues and a small observatory — lie within the landscaped grounds.
Its story
The story of Bryn Bras Castle.
Bryn Bras Castle is a neo-Romanesque country house on the old road between Llanrug and Llanberis in Gwynedd, built between 1829 and 1835. It is a Grade II* listed building, with separate listings for its boundary walls and its gates and turrets, and its gardens and landscaped park are registered at Grade II — garden features with their own listings include a pair of gladiator statues, a statue of the god Pan in a pool within a knot garden, and an observatory.
The house was later owned by the oil millionaire Duncan Elliot Alves (1870–1938), Mayor of Caernarvon for six years and High Sheriff of the county for 1931–32. After his death in 1938 the estate changed hands a number of times and much of the surrounding land was sold off; the house has since been converted into private apartments.
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7 places to explore in 1835.
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