National Trust Chirk Castle

Website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-chirkcastle/

Classification Historic Building

DescriptionMagnificent 14th-century fortress of the Welsh Marches

Chirk Castle (Welsh: Castell y Waun) is a castle located at Chirk in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales.

The castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales. It guards the entrance to the Ceiriog Valley.

The castle was bought by Thomas Myddelton in 1595 for £5,000.

His son, Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle was a parliamentarian during the English Civil War, but became a royalist during the Cheshire Rising of 1659. Following the restoration of the monarchy, his son became Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet of Chirk Castle.

The Myddelton family resided at Chirk Castle until 2004. Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddleton was an Extra Equerry to The Queen from 1952 until his death in 1988.

During the 1930s the Castle was home to Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, the Eighth Baron Howard de Walden, a prominant patron of the arts and champion of Welsh culture.

The castle is presently in the ownership of the National Trust.
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Position

The AddressChirk Castle, Chirk, Wrexham, LL14 5AF

Phone01691 777701

DateNov 2, 2006

Contact NameNational Trust

CategoryWales > Denbighshire
Wales > Denbighshire > Attractions In Llangollen

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