Bryn Bras Castle

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Bryn Bras Castle is a Grade II* listed country house located on the old road between Llanrug and Llanberis known locally as the Clegir road, in Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

Bryn Bras castle

It was built in a neo-Romanesque style between 1829 and 1835 on the site of an earlier structure by architect Thomas Hopper for Thomas Williams (1795-1874), an attorney at law.

It was bought in 1897 by Capt. Frank Stewart Barnard, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire for 1903-04, who stayed at the castle until his death in 1917, running it as a stud. It was later owned by the oil millionaire Duncan Elliot Alves (1870-1947), who was Mayor of Caernarvon for six years and High Sheriff of the county for 1931-32. After Alves' death in 1938 the estate changed hands a number of times and much of the surrounding land sold off.[1]

The site of the first motorcycle Dragon rally in 1962, the house has been converted into luxury holiday apartments.

References

  1. ↑ "BRYN BRAS CASTLE". Retrieved 22 July 2013. 

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Coordinates: 53°08′25″N 4°10′45″W / 53.1404°N 4.1791°W / 53.1404; -4.1791


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