
What is recorded here
Bodelwyddan Castle stands in Denbighshire, Wales, where the Williams family transformed a Greek Revival mansion into a castellated fantasy between 1830 and 1842. Edward Welch and Joseph Hansom added turrets and battlements before bankruptcy forced them to abandon the project, yet local agents completed the strange structure. The building still wears that interrupted ambition, its stone pretending to be a medieval fortress while hiding a modern house inside.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Bodelwyddan Castle as Castle from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bodelwyddan Castle was built in the 19th century by the Holford family as a Gothic Revival mansion. It is important as a notable example of Victorian architecture and as the family seat of the Earls of Cawdor in Wales.
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Places near here
Castell Bodelwyddan; Bodelwyddan Castle; Lowther CollegeCountry House · 169 yd
Bodelwyddan Castle Garden, BodelwyddanCountry House Garden; Garden · 185 yd
The PlantationWood · 384 yd
Castle TurretCastle, fort or tower · 461 yd
Monument and stone gate to the walled gardenStanding or carved stone · 461 yd
Woodland walks at BodelwyddanForest or wood · 461 yd
Spire of the "Marble Church" at BodelwyddanChurch, cross or graveyard · 853 yd
Village Fountain, BodelwyddanFountain · 871 yd
Canadian War MemorialMemorial · 960 yd
Memorial to Canadian SoldiersHeritage place · 1081 yd
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Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0