26-451: Coed Coch , in Dolwen, Conwy , Wales, is a large 19th-century mansion in the neoclassical style, designed by the architect Henry Hakewill . The building is Grade II* listed, as is its 18th- and 19th-century parkland. The mansion is of ashlar , originally with two matching, three-bay elevations. At a diagonal, was a "remarkable" Greek Doric portico , with pediment . This was removed in
52-457: A petition to convert the town into a municipal borough with an elected corporation to take responsibility for public health and local government. A royal charter incorporating the town as a municipal borough was issued in December 1876, and the new borough corporation took over the running of the town from March 1877. The municipal borough boundary included land on both sides of the river, covering
78-643: Is Bodysgallen Hall , which incorporates a medieval tower that was possibly built as a watch tower for Conwy Castle. Conwy Morfa , a marshy spit of land on the west side of the estuary, was probably the location where golf was first played on Welsh soil. It was also the place where Hugh Iorys Hughes developed, and later built, the floating Mulberry Harbour , used in Operation Overlord in World War II. Conwy Hospital closed in 2003 and has since been demolished. Conwy railway station opened in 1848. It
104-636: Is a walled market town , community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales . The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy , facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire . The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction , had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census. Although
130-618: Is an Elizabethan house built in 1576 by the Wynn family, which has been extensively refurbished to its 16th-century appearance and is now in the care of Cadw and open to the public. The house named in the Guinness Book of Records as the Smallest House in Great Britain , with dimensions of 3.05 × 1.8 metres, can be found on the quay. It was in continuous occupation from the 16th century (and
156-639: Is in the care of the National Trust . The Conwy Railway Bridge , a tubular bridge , was built for the Chester and Holyhead Railway by Robert Stephenson . The first tube was completed in 1848, the second in 1849. The bridge is still in use on the North Wales Coast Line , along with the station , which is located within the town walls. In addition to a modern bridge serving the town, the A55 road passes under
182-543: Is located on the North Wales Coast Line , between Crewe and Holyhead . There are through services westbound to Bangor and Holyhead. Eastwards, services travel to Chester , via Colwyn Bay , Rhyl , Prestatyn and Flint ; after arrival at Chester, most trains go forward to either Crewe, Cardiff or Birmingham International . Services are operated by Transport for Wales . Bus services in Conwy are operated mostly by Arriva Wales , with some by Llew Jones Coaches. Routes link
208-479: Is the semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or sanctuary , or sometimes at the end of an aisle. Smaller apses are sometimes built in other parts of the church, especially for reliquaries or shrines of saints. The domed apse became a standard part of the church plan in the early Christian era. In the Eastern Orthodox Church tradition, the south apse is known as the diaconicon and
234-540: The town walls of Conwy are nicknamed "Jackdaws", after the jackdaws which live on the walls there. A Jackdaw Society existed until 2011. The population of the town in 1841 was 1,358. Conwy was the original site of Aberconwy Abbey , founded by Llywelyn the Great . Edward and his troops took over the abbey site and moved the monks up the Conwy valley to a new site at Maenan, establishing Maenan Abbey . The parish church St Mary & All Saints still retains some parts of
260-498: The community of Conwy straddles the River Conwy, for postal purposes the areas on the east bank form part of the post town of Llandudno Junction, with the Conwy post town being confined to west bank of the river. The ward on the west bank of the river had a population of 4,065 at the 2011 census. The resident population of the wider Conwy County Borough was estimated to be 116,200 in an ONS-estimate. The name 'Conwy' derives from
286-509: The early 20th century. The main elliptical staircase remains within a rotunda and lit by a small lantern dome. The original parkland "survives in its entirety". The Coed Coch estate came to the Wynne family when the Rev. Richard Wynne married Gaynor, daughter and heiress of John Wynne of Coed Coch, in the parish of Betws yn Rhos . Their grandson, John Lloyd Wynne (1776–1887) undertook the enlargement of
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#1732895689916312-653: The headmastership of Keith Gaskell. In 1996 the furniture from the library, commissioned by John Lloyd Wynne from Gillows of Lancaster in 1806–1807, was bought by the Museum of Welsh Life in Cardiff ; it can now be seen in the library of St Fagans Castle . 53°15′03″N 3°40′41″W / 53.2509°N 3.6781°W / 53.2509; -3.6781 Conwy Conwy ( / ˈ k ɒ n w i / , Welsh: [ˈkɔnʊɨ] ), previously known in English as Conway ,
338-540: The house and estate in the early 19th century. The estate then descended in the male line until the death in World War I of Edward Henry John Wynne (1893–1916). The estate was inherited by Margaret Broderick, his half-sister, who ran a famous Welsh Mountain Pony stud there that continued under her descendants until its sale in 1978. From the 1940s until the 1970s, the house was a boys' preparatory school, Heronwater School, under
364-545: The new Conwy County Borough , named after the town but covering a much larger area. Images showing changes over time Apse In architecture , an apse ( pl. : apses ; from Latin absis , 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς , apsis , 'arch'; sometimes written apsis ; pl. : apsides ) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome , also known as an exedra . In Byzantine , Romanesque , and Gothic Christian church (including cathedral and abbey ) architecture ,
390-490: The north apse as the prothesis . Various ecclesiastical features of which the apse may form part are drawn together here. The chancel (or sanctuary), directly to the east beyond the choir , contains the high altar, where there is one (compare communion table ). This area is reserved for the clergy, and was therefore formerly called the "presbytery", from Greek presbuteros , " elder ", or in older and Catholic usage "priest". Semi-circular choirs, first developed in
416-425: The old Welsh words cyn (chief) and gwy (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy'. Conwy Castle and the town walls were built, on the instructions of Edward I of England , between 1283 and 1289, as part of his conquest of the principality of Wales . The church standing in Conwy has been marked as the oldest building in Conwy and has stood in the walls of Conwy since the 14th century. However,
442-494: The oldest structure is part of the town walls, at the southern end of the east side. Here one wall and the tower of a llys (palace/court house) belonging to Llywelyn the Great and his grandson Llywelyn ap Gruffydd have been incorporated into the wall. Built on a rocky outcrop, it has a prominent apsidal tower. The walls are part of a World Heritage Site , Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd . People born within
468-406: The original abbey church in the east and west walls. Conwy has other tourist attractions. Conwy Suspension Bridge , designed by Thomas Telford to replace the ferry, was completed in 1826 and spans the River Conwy next to the castle. Telford designed the bridge's supporting towers to match the castle's turrets. The bridge is now open to pedestrians only and, together with the toll-keeper's house,
494-430: The parish of Conwy (or Conway) and parts of the parishes of Gyffin and Dwygyfylchi on the west bank, and part of the parish of Eglwys Rhos on the east bank. The urban parishes within the borough boundary were reorganised in 1894 to comprise Conwy and Gyffin on the west bank and Llanrhos on the east bank. In 1972 the borough council voted to change the spelling of the town's name from "Conway" to "Conwy". The change
520-462: The river in a tunnel, Britain's first immersed tube tunnel, which was built between 1986 and 1991. The old mountain road to Dwygyfylchi and Penmaenmawr runs through the Sychnant Pass , at the foot of Conwy Mountain . The National Trust owns Aberconwy House , which is Conwy's only surviving 14th-century merchant's house, one of the first buildings built inside the walls of Conwy. Plas Mawr
546-423: The term is applied to a semi-circular or polygonal termination of the main building at the liturgical east end (where the altar is), regardless of the shape of the roof, which may be flat, sloping, domed, or hemispherical. Smaller apses are found elsewhere, especially in shrines . An apse is a semicircular recess, often covered with a hemispherical vault. Commonly, the apse of a church, cathedral or basilica
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#1732895689916572-593: The town with Bangor, Caernarfon and Llandudno. A lifeboat station was established by the RNLI in 1966 and currently operates the D-class inshore lifeboat, the May-Bob , (D–765). There are two tiers of local government covering Conwy, at community (town) and county borough level: Conwy Town Council (Cyngor Tref Conwy) and Conwy County Borough Council . The town council is based at Conwy Guildhall on Rose Hill Street. Conwy
598-518: Was agreed by the Secretary of State for Wales and took effect on 1 August 1972. The municipal borough was abolished in 1974, with the area becoming part of the Aberconwy district in the new county of Gwynedd. A community called Conwy was established at the same time covering the area of the former borough. Further local government reorganisation in 1996 saw Aberconwy abolished and the town transferred to
624-470: Was an ancient borough , having been given a charter by Edward I of England in 1284. Unlike most such boroughs, it was not reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , and so the old borough corporation continued to exist and run the town. By 1876 the borough corporation was seen as an archaic and unaccountable impediment to the proper management of the town. The town's residents organised
650-405: Was erected by Conservative Buckinghamshire MP William Edward FitzMaurice in the mid 1850s. In 1869 the building was sold to solicitor William Jones. The building was used as a solicitor's office until 1972, when it was bought out and became The Towers Restaurant. After lying empty for a number of years Vardre Hall changed hands again, and in 1999 was refurbished as a shop. Across the estuary
676-427: Was even inhabited by a family at one point) until 1900 when the owner (a 6-foot (1.8 m) fisherman – Robert Jones) was forced to move out on the grounds of hygiene. The rooms were too small for him to stand up in fully. The house is still owned by his descendants today, and visitors can look around it for a small charge. Vardre Hall is a 19th-century Grade II listed building directly opposite to Conwy Castle . It
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