GWRYCH CASTLE, WALES

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Gwrych Castle is a nineteenth century country house near Abergele, Wales.

Gwrych Castle was build between 1819 and 1825 at the behest of Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh who was grandfather of Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald. When the Countess died, it remained the residence of the Dundonald family from 1894 to 1924.

The Countess left the castle in her will to King George V and the then Prince of Wales. However, the gift was rejected and the castle passed to the Venerable Order of Saint John. In 1928, the Earl of Dundonald purchased this castle for £78,000, selling the contents to meet the cost.
(Souece: Wikipedia)


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