Plas Bodewryd is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

privately owned

country house An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...

Bodewryd Bodewryd (; ; ) is a village in Anglesey, Wales, in the community of Mechell. St Mary's Church The village church is St Mary's, Bodewryd, a small medieval church. It is said by the Diocese of Bangor to be the second-smallest church in Anglesey ...

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

, which was owned by the Wynne family until 1755 then the Lords Stanley of Alderley until the 20th century.

History

The house was the residence of the prominent Wynne family. Gweirydd ap Rhys Goch of Henllys may have been an ancestor of the Wynn(e) family of Bodewryd. Margaret Wynne (d.1723) passed the estate to her son, the agriculturalist and lawyer Dr Edward Wynne (1681–1755) who was Chancellor of Hereford. On his death, the estate passed to his sister's granddaughter, Margaret Owen, heiress of the

Penrhos Penrhos is derived from the Welsh words ''pen'' ("head" or "top") and ''rhos'' ("moorland"). It may refer to: ; Places *Penrhos, Anglesey, a village in Wales ** Penrhos Country Park (AKA Penrhos Coastal Park), a country park near Penrhos, Anglesey * ...

estate,

, who married

Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Baronet Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Baronet FRSE FSA (26 March 1735 – 29 November 1807) was an 18/19th century British landowner and amateur scientist. Life He was born at Alderley Park on 26 March 1735, the eldest son of Sir Edward Stanley, 5th ...

. Their son was John, 1st Lord Stanley of Alderley in whose family the estate remains for some decades. The present owners are the Tudor family who purchased the property in the 1950s.

Architecture

The present house comprises a central block dating from the late 15th or early 16th century with a south wing added or rebuilt in the early 17th century. The central block was extended in the late 17th century and further wings added in the early 18th and late 19th centuries, giving the house a predominantly 18th century style.

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{{Authority control Country houses in Anglesey Mechell, Anglesey Grade II* listed buildings in Anglesey Grade II* listed houses in Wales