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 Visit to Bodrhyddan Hall Wednesday 24th July 2019

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On Wednesday the 24th July, a coach containing thirty three of our members  set off for an afternoon visit to Bodrhyddan Hall, which is situated towards the north  end of the Vale of Clwyd, in North Wales.

Bodrhyddan Hall is the home of Lord Langford and his family, and there has been a house on this site for at least seven hundred years. The family name is Rowley-Conwy, and there have been Conwys connected with Rhuddlan Castle since its building by Edward 1 in the 1280s. Rhuddlan  Castle is still owned by the family, together with an agency of the National Assembly of Wales, as Guardians of the Fabric.

The house has remained in the possession of the same family throughout its long history with the first stone house being built in the 1450s by Sir Richard Conwy, with additions or modifications being  made in 1696 by Sir John Conwy, in 1790 by  Dean Shipley, in 1875 by C.G.H Rowley-Conwy, and in 1972 and 1997 by Lord Langford. 
William Shipley, Dean of St Asaph, became owner of Boddrhyddan through his wife, as this was before the Married Women's Property Act. His wife, Penelope, died in 1789, aged only thirty one, having had eight children in the previous ten years. In contrast to this, the before-mentioned Lord Langford died a few years ago, at the age of one hundred and five, outliving his mother in age by one year! His son is the present Lord Langford.
The house contains a hugely varied and  interesting collection of artefacts, collected over the past few hundred years. One very interesting object is an Egyptian mummy, together with its sarcophagus, brought back to the house by Charlotte Conwy, who honeymooned in Egypt following her marriage  to Captain Richard Rowley, second son of the 1st Baron Langford.It was following this marriage that the family name became Rowley-Conwy.

Following an extensive tour of the house and its contents, in three groups, we sat down to a welcome pot of tea and a delicious cream cake, after which we had an hour to explore the magnificent gardens, including a beautiful Parterre, seen at its best from above. The gardens need no description, other than to be viewed in all their glory in the following slideshow.

We had a super afternoon, the weather was fantastic, and our thanks must go Marie and Pat S. , who organised the afternoon visit. 

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Click here to go straight to  the Gallery page, where there is a slideshow  of pictures taken in the gardens. No photography was allowed within the house.
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