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Bryn Bras Castle

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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
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The castle was built in a neo-Romanesque style between 1829 and 1835 on the site of an earlier structure by architect
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for Thomas Williams (1795–1874), a lawyer. It was bought in 1897 by Capt. Frank Stewart Barnard,
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number of times and much of the surrounding land was sold off. The site of the first motorcycle
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is a Grade II* listed country house located on the old road between
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and its gardens and landscaped park are listed at Grade II on the
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Pan figure and pool in walled 'knot' garden at Bryn Bras Castle
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in 1962, the house has been converted into apartments.
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View across fields to castle on a ridge.
Llanrug
53°08′25″N 4°10′44″W / 53.1404°N 4.1789°W / 53.1404; -4.1789
Thomas Hopper
Romanesque Revival
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
Listed Building
Listed Building
Listed Building
Listed Building
Bryn Bras Castle is located in Gwynedd
Llanrug
Llanberis
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
Grade II* listed building
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
Thomas Hopper
High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire
Dragon rally
Grade II* listed building
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
knot garden
observatory
"Bryn Bras Castle"
the original
Cadw
"Bryn Bras Castle (Grade II*) (3804)"
National Historic Assets of Wales
Cadw

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