| Castle Hotel, Conwy | |
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Part of the frontage of Castle Hotel, Conwy
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| Location: | High Street, Conwy, Wales |
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| Rebuilt: | 1885 |
| Architect: | Douglas & Fordham |
| Architectural style(s): | Renaissance |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated: | 6 May 1976 |
| Reference #: | 3301 |
Castle Hotel is in High Street, opposite to the entrance to Llewelyn Street in Conwy, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
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The hotel stands on the site of a former Cistercian abbey. Until the 1880s it was occupied by a public house, the King's Head, dating from the 15th century, and the Castle Hotel.[2] In 1885 the building was completely remodelled by the Chester firm of architects Douglas & Fordham. The whole building was developed into a hotel, and a new section was added.[1] The hotel has been visited by a number of well-known guests, including Thomas Telford, William Wordsworth, and the Queen of Romania, who lunched in the restaurant.[2]
Seen from High Street, the hotel is in three sections, each of which has three storeys. To the left is a single-bay section, the former public house; the central section, developed from the older hotel, has four bays; and the section to the right, added in 1885, has three bays. The whole building is in Renaissance style.[1] When Douglas and Fordham remodelled the building, they used small broken pieces of limestone as a facing material, giving the frontage a flint-like appearance. The dressings of the windows are in brick and terracotta.[3] The central bay is in red ashlar sandstone and the roof is tiled.[1]
For many years the hotel was run by companies based in London. It is now in private ownership and is run as a family business.[4]