Wales · Restored
Castell Deudraeth
Castell Deudraeth is a former manor house about 0.5 km northeast of Portmeirion in Gwynedd, North Wales. The present building probably dates to the 18th century and was enlarged and castellated in the 1840s–1850s before later restoration and reopening in 2001.
Its prime
1855
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1855
What Castell Deudraeth looked like in its prime.
A mid-19th-century castellated manor of variegated grey and buff stone with prominent crenellated parapets and dressed dark quoins. The composition has a projecting tall polygonal tower at the left façade and a three-storey rectangular tower/wing at the right, connected by a long crenellated range with regularly spaced mullioned windows. A low battlemented porch surrounds the main arched entrance; a glazed conservatory projects from the lower left; building sits on level ground with surrounding parkland.
Its story
The story of Castell Deudraeth.
A Borrowed Name and the House Called Bron Eryn
The name is taken from a late twelfth-century castle, now lost. The house that carries it today, half a kilometre north-east of Portmeirion in Gwynedd, possibly dates from the eighteenth century; enlarged in the nineteenth into a sizable manor house, it was then known as Bron Eryn.
David Williams Castellates the Manor, 1841–1850s
In 1841 the house was bought by David Williams, who enlarged and castellated it through the 1840s and 1850s. It was Williams who renamed it Castell Deudraeth.
Williams-Ellis, Portmeirion and the 2001 Reopening
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis bought the house and its parkland from the trustees of his uncle by marriage, Sir Osmond Williams, who died in 1931. He planned to bring it into Portmeirion village as extra accommodation for hotel guests, an intention he did not achieve in his lifetime.
The house reopened in 2001, after the Portmeirion Foundation had carried out a major restoration programme. It is run as a hotel today, and is a Grade II listed building.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1855.
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Clans who held Castell Deudraeth.
The families that held Castell Deudraeth for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
Held by the Williams family from David Williams's purchase in 1841 until the death of Sir Osmond Williams in 1931.
Williams-Ellis
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis bought the house and parkland from Sir Osmond Williams's trustees after 1931.
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