Plas Teg

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Plas Teg around 1778
Plas Teg owned by Colonel Trevor Roper around 1860

Plas Teg is a manor house in the Jacobean style in Wales . The house is in the village of Pontblyddyn in Flintshire between Wrexham and Mold . Sir John Trevor had it built around 1610. When it was built, it was considered the most advanced country house in Wales. Throughout the 17th century, it was primarily used as the seat of the Trevor family, who held lavish parties there. It was only after the death of Lady Margaret Trevor , wife of John Trevor, and the outbreak of the Civil War , that the family left the house and moved to their other estates.

According to The Archers Register , an 1865 Year Book of Facts, Plas Teg was the meeting place for the Royal British Bowmen (RBB). On August 10, 1865, an RBB meeting took place in Plas Teg, where 90 arrows were shot at a distance of 60 yards (approx. 54 meters). In the women’s Miss H. Trevor Roper reached 34 hits and 116 points, with which she was third. Lady Edwardes won with 58 hits and a score of 230. In the men's race, Mr. Henry Potts won with 89 hits and 293 points, Mr. R. Trevor Roper was sixth with 23 hits and 69 points.

In 1930 the Trevors sold the property. During the Second World War , the mansion and the outbuildings were requisitioned by the War Department to accommodate soldiers. During this time Plas Teg began to decline. In the mid-1950s, the property was in advanced disrepair and was due to be demolished. After a public outcry, a Trevors descendant, Patrick Trevor Roper, bought the abandoned house and partially renovated it with a grant from the Historic Building Council . He then leased it until 1977 when Mr and Mrs William Llewelyn bought it from him. The couple only used part of the first floor and the rest of the house fell into almost ruin again. The manor's fate only turned dramatically when Cornelia Bayley (the current owner) bought Plas Teg for £ 75,000. She had renovations carried out for £ 400,000, of which Cadw contributed £ 199,000. Ten months after the change of ownership, the house was opened to the public and it still is today.

Author Mark Baker published a book about the history of Plas Teg and the Trevor family in 2006. In October 2007 a second edition was published, which covers both the theories about Judge Jeffreys and tells more about the history of the mansion.

Plas Teg is believed to be one of the most haunted houses in Wales. It played a role in both the ITV series Extreme Ghost Stories and the Living series Most Haunted . The latter was announced on October 31, 2007, for Halloween , as Most Haunted Live! sent. Plas Teg came in 2006 in Ghost Hunting With ... by Girls Aloud before, visited than the girls the house as the first place and claimed to have experienced paranormal activity.

County Flintshire is said to be a land of ghosts and ghosts. A notable case is that of the "Gray Lady", who is considered the most famous of its kind in North East Wales. The old lady is said to have moved through the flowing traffic on the A541 at Plas Teg.

On March 4, 2010, Plas Teg was featured on a Channel 4 television program presented by hotelier Ruth Watson as part of her Country House Rescue series. The episode re-aired on September 29, 2011 and in February 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Mark Baker: Plas Teg: Exploring the hall's history . BBC News, March 2, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  2. ^ Gareth Morgan, "Girls Aloud," haunted mansion ordeal . Western Mail, Nov. 25, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Nick Bourne: Myths and legends about ghostly gray ladies . BBC Wales, September 17, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ Country House Rescue - Plas Teg . Channel 4. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

literature

  • Mark Baker: Plas Teg - A Jacobean Country House . Mold (Wales) 2006.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 7 ′ 47 "  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 2"  W