County guide · The Stately Homes
Best stately homes in North Wales
North Wales runs from Erddig near Wrexham - one of Britain's most complete gentry houses, upstairs and down - to the shoreline Plas yn Rhiw on the Llyn peninsula and the country-house hotel of Bodysgallen Hall.
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Every stately home on this list - 8 in total, 1 free to enter, 3 you can stay overnight in
Erddig
Wrexham
Late 17th-century house noted for its unusually well-documented relationship with its servants
Plas yn Rhiw
Gwynedd
Small manor house on the Llyn Peninsula, saved from ruin by the Keating sisters
Plas Mawr
Conwy
Widely regarded as the best-preserved Elizabethan town house in Britain, built 1576-1585.
Bodrhyddan Hall
Denbighshire
House occupied by the same family since it was built in the 16th century, open on limited days each summer.
Bodysgallen Hall
Conwy
17th-century hall near Llandudno, owned by the Trust and operated as a hotel
Penarth Fawr
Gwynedd Free entry
15th-century Welsh gentry hall-house with a rare surviving intact medieval timber roof, free open access in season.
Aberconwy House
Conwy
Medieval merchant's house within the walled town of Conwy
Hafoty Medieval House
Isle of Anglesey
14th-century H-plan gentry house, interior viewable only on Cadw's guided-tour programme.