Kinmel Hall

Kinmel Hall

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 convert|5000|acre|km2, encompassing open fields, parkland and forests. Kinmel mansion, constructed in Wales in the 1870's is an excellent example of the myriad of new types of spaces that were arising during the Victorian era to fulfill increasingly specialized functions. For example, there was a room in the mansion that was only to be used for the ironing of newspapers, so that the ink would not come off on the reader's hands [cite | author=Daphne Spain | title="Gendered Spaces" | publisher=The University of North Carolina Press | date=1992] .

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 [cite web| url=http://www.nlw.org.uk/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=28&coll_id=2188&expand=| title=Lowther College| work=Archives Network Wales| accessdate=2007-12-01| ] . Since then it has been used as a conference centre, and an educational venue.

References

External links

* [http://www.kinmel-estate.co.uk Kinmel Estates]
* [http://www.kinmel-hall.co.uk/property.shtml Kinmel Hall]


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