Kinmel Hall

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Kinmel Hall is a mansion near the village of St. George, close to the coastal town of Abergele, in Conwy.

The present chateau style house, the third on the site, was designed by W. E. Nesfield in the 1870s, and the adjoining Venetian Gardens were designed by his father, W. A. Nesfield. The adjoining Neo-palladian style stable block is attributed to William Burn, with construction completed in the 1850s

The house is set in walled gardens of around 18 acres, which are themselves set in grounds of around 5000 acres, encompassing open fields, parkland and forests.

Ownership of the house has been dominated by the Hughes, Lewis and Fetherstonhaugh families. There are many heraldic shields displayed throughout the house which show evidence of the unions between these families. The property was last used as a private home in 1929, after which it was converted to a 'rheuma spa', a health centre for the treatment of people with rheumatism, by Mrs Florence Lindley, formerly headmistriss of Lowther College, at the nearby Bodelwyddan Castle. The spa remained until the outbreak of World War 2, when the hall was taken over as a hospital^[1]. Since then it has been used as a conference centre, and an educational venue.