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| Penrhyn Castle (1820-37) reconstructed after earlier buildings on the site as a country home in the style of a Norman castle (neo-Norman). Bangor, Wales. Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: Thomas Hopper (reconstruction). | Penrhyn Castle on a hill overlooking the surrounding countryside. Bangor, Wales. | Tower of Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Tower & turrets of Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Thick walls of Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Clock tower at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Tower with deep set windows at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Facade with decorative crenellations at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| View of grounds with Irish Sea in the distance at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Penrhyn Castle Grand Hall with balcony & Norman style cross vaulted ceiling. Bangor, Wales. | Table & heavy carved chairs made in pseudo medieval style at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Sculpture formed of beasts & swans at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Beast holding lantern in its mouth at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Sculpted lamp table being supported by pillars at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Detail of figure on sculpted lamp table at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Highly ornate ceiling with panels filled with sculpted plaster figures of beasts & gilded elements in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Diamond shaped panel of ornate ceiling containing gilded elements, fleurs-de-lis, & sculpted plaster figures of beasts in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Detail of sculpted plaster figures on ceiling panel in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Detail of gilded medallion with sculpted plaster figure on ornate ceiling in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Detail of gilded medallion with intertwined sculpted plaster figures on ornate ceiling in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Detail of gilded medallion with intertwined sculpted plaster figures on ornate ceiling in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Sculpted plaster fantasy figures along frieze molding between wall & ceiling in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Sculpted plaster fantasy figures along border between wall & ceiling in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Stone fireplace with zigzag surround in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Mythical carved stone figures next to library fireplace in Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Gramophone & records on octagonal table in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Fireplace in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Claw foot carved wooden chair designed by Thomas Hopper in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Ornately carved large wooden desk in Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Library at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Drawing Room with lighter decorative style considered more suitable for ladies at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Light side chairs for ladies around inlaid octagonal table on floral patterned rug in Drawing Room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Glass panel fire screen protecting Drawing Room sitting area at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Sitting area for ladies in Drawing Room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Wall table with ornately sculpted mythical beasts on front in Drawing Room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Large mirrors with decorative frames in Drawing Room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Polished black limestone chimney piece in Ebony Room which often served as an office for the Ladies of Perth while managing household matters at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Cubby hole cabinet with paintings on front of each door in Ebony Room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Ebonized wood wardrobe in Ebony Room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Chapel, used by family & staff for daily services at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Lower India Room furnished with items objects originating from Asia at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Cheval or dressing mirror mounted in ornate frame in Lower India Room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Slate bed intended for use by Queen Victoria , but declined by her, on her visit to Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Bathroom, with William Morris wall paper, called Willow Bough (1887) serving the Keep Bedrooms at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | William Morris wall paper, called Iris (1887), in Keep suite at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Apex of Grand Staircase at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Grey stone Grand Staircase with many carvings at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Formal dining room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Dining room also serving as gallery for large collection of paintings at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Sideboard with decorative objects in dining room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Paintings & ornate coffered ceiling in dining room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| Painting gallery in dining room at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | John Williams portrait (late 16th or early 17thC) by circle of Marcus Gheeraerts, at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Detail of John Williams portrait by circle of Marcus Gheeraerts at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Queen Henrietta Maria portrait (late 17thC), wife of Charles I, by school of Sir Anthony van Dyck at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. |
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| The Miseries of War painting (mid-17thC) by Philips Wouwerman at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Campo San Stin, Venice painting (c1740-80) by Bernardo Bellotto at Penrhyn Castle. Bangor, Wales. | Detail of Kettering Furnaces No.3 (1885) built for Kettering Ironstone Railway by Black, Hawthorn & Co at Penrhyn Castle Rail Museum. Bangor, Wales.  |
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