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73: 22: 136: 30: 147:, a Shrewsbury architect, and succeeded at least three previous houses on the site. The original building predated a rebuilding c.1600, which itself was rebuilt in 1751. That house, a 'moderate-sized brick mansion', was destroyed by a major fire in 1836. The rebuilding that followed and an extension in 1889-1890 largely form the house that exists today. 150:
The house is a neoclassical 3-storey building with an attached lower service courtyard to the west and a symmetrical 13-bay south-facing facade dominated by a central hexastyle pedimented portico. It is built of stone with rendered elevations under a slate roof with rendered chimney stacks topped by
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The house was from 2000 privately owned by several people, meant to be developed into a five-star country-house hotel and wedding venue, following a partial renovation from 2000 and a more substantial renovation from 2016. In January 2020 it was announced that the business was again in the hands of
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The greater part of the original park, Parc Glynllifon, now includes Coleg Glynllifon agricultural college, craft workshops and many educational facilities. There are also a cafe and maze at the entrance, and exhibits such as an 1854 De Winton horizontal stationary steam engine and Cornish boiler,
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County Council and used as offices and dormitories for the Glynllifon Agricultural College. In 1969 Plas Glynllifon played host to the Ball of the
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became the 1st Baron Newborough in 1776 and in 1888 Glynllifon passed down the family to Frederick George Wynn (1853-1932), the youngest son of
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The park is open to the public and includes gardens of historical and scientific importance; they have been designated
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In 1948 the house was sold to a timber merchant and in 1954 the house and park were sold to
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receivers. In June 2022 Plas Glynllifon was bought by a Manchester developer Davis Savage.
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The present mansion house, Plas Glynllifon, was built in 1836–1848 to the designs of
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site is both a maternity and hibernation site for about 6% of the UK population.
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Glynllifon was the seat of the Glynn family until 1700, when it passed to the
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moulded cornices and an Italianate water tank. It has got 102 rooms.
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Gwynedd
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Barons Newborough
Llandwrog
A499 road
Pwllheli
Caernarfon
Gwynedd

Fred Dibnah
Historical Garden
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cadw
Countryside Council for Wales
Special Area of Conservation
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Lesser horseshoe bat
hectare

Edward Haycock
Wynn family
Sir Thomas John Wynn
Spencer Bukeley, 3rd Lord Newborough
Caernarfonshire
Investiture of the Prince of Wales
Caernarfon Castle
Grade I listed building
List of gardens in Wales
Grade I listed buildings in Gwynedd
"The Attractions of Snowdonia : Glynllifon"

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