Wales · Partial ruin
Gwrych Castle
Gwrych Castle is a large 19th-century Gothic Revival castellated country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Built from 1810 onwards for Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh and extended by his heirs, it functioned as a full-scale Victorian and Edwardian country house before later decline and partial ruin; the estate is now owned and managed by a preservation trust.
First raised
1819
Its prime
1900
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1900
The shape it held in its prime.
A long, pale-grey stone Gothic Revival castellated mansion composed of a central multi-storey block flanked by multiple curtain walls and numerous round and square towers with battlemented parapets. The roofline is dominated by crenellations rather than steep pitched roofs. The house sits against a steep, wooded hillside with the estate walls sweeping out to enclose a broad rectangular forecourt and large lawn to the front; terraces, lodges and scattered towers punctuate the perimeter.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1900.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Gwrych Castle — including the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Gwrych Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1900 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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