The Castle Gwrych

Fusion_UK · August 7, 2006

A castle mansion house now derilict in Wales UK.

STLMach1 · August 7, 2006

Wow! How can something that amazing be abandoned like that?

Nice shots! Very intriguing! I like #2 & #3.

Thanks for sharing them,
Michael

Fusion_UK · August 9, 2006

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STLMach1 wrote:

Wow! How can something that amazing be abandoned like that?

Nice shots! Very intriguing! I like #2 & #3.

Thanks for sharing them,
Michael

The place was once beautiful and lived in about 25 years ago and all this desolation has accured within that time frame. Its a great shame. Thanks for looking. Ian

toadlet · August 10, 2006

Thats an amazing place and you have captured it well. It got me interested in this place, and ended up doing some research on it to find that it was only recently abandoned, and also went on auction (reported on the BBC website) for 1.5 million pounds, but didn't sell. Its sad to see such historic buildings runied - but at the same time they add mood and charcter and imagaination as to what it must have been like once. I enjoyed your photo of the steps leading upwards the most. A side note - is there a cost for entereing this site/is it approachable? Thanks for sharing.

Fusion_UK · August 10, 2006

toadlet wrote:

Thats an amazing place and you have captured it well. It got me interested in this place, and ended up doing some research on it to find that it was only recently abandoned, and also went on auction (reported on the BBC website) for 1.5 million pounds, but didn't sell. Its sad to see such historic buildings runied - but at the same time they add mood and charcter and imagaination as to what it must have been like once. I enjoyed your photo of the steps leading upwards the most. A side note - is there a cost for entereing this site/is it approachable? Thanks for sharing.

The area is accessable but the natives can somtimes be a little unfriendly although I have never experienced this personally, great care is needed as the place is very unstable. Ian

Take a look at the multi-map....

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=293000&Y=377000&width=500&height=300&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=&zm=0&scale=25000&up.x=188&up.y=6

The staircase was manificent, made from Italian marble and originally covered with rich red carpets, it was amazing, I went there as a boy. Its such a shame but it makes for good pictures....

Frog Lady · August 11, 2006

those are some interesting pictures of what was obviously once a magnificant site. You can almost envision the nobility walking those stairs.

C.

Fusion_UK · August 11, 2006

Frog Lady wrote:

those are some interesting pictures of what was obviously once a magnificant site. You can almost envision the nobility walking those stairs.

C.

Glad you liked the pictures, it was a manificent place only 20 or 30 years ago, with the grand staircase and staterooms, many famous people used to stay there. Sad. Thanks for looking. Ian

firedancing4life · August 11, 2006

great pictures. I'd love for the chance to go there and shoot.

I love the other castles in your gallery.

ChrisJ · August 11, 2006

I would love to explore a place like this, you can imagine the past grandeur. Thanks for the visual tour. Great shots!

Fusion_UK · August 11, 2006

firedancing4life wrote:

great pictures. I'd love for the chance to go there and shoot.

I love the other castles in your gallery.

Kevin
Thanks for looking and your positive comments.
Ian

Fusion_UK · August 11, 2006

ChrisJ wrote:

I would love to explore a place like this, you can imagine the past grandeur. Thanks for the visual tour. Great shots!

Chris
Thanks for your comments. If its one thing we have in England its an excess of historic places. Get over hear sometime. Ian

Xtopherous · August 11, 2006

Going to London in 1 week! I'm so psyched. I have a pretty ambitious (some may say overzealous) itinerary laid out. Six days of cultural bombardment; touristy to the extreme. My first time out of the US (no, Canada doesn't count

) Hopefully I get to see some amazing sites like what you have captured. Even moreso, maybe I'll capture some of my own.

P.S. - Something tells me I'm going to have a lot of down time at JFK and Heathrow...

Fusion_UK · August 11, 2006

Xtopherous wrote:

Going to London in 1 week! I'm so psyched. I have a pretty ambitious (some may say overzealous) itinerary laid out. Six days of cultural bombardment; touristy to the extreme. My first time out of the US (no, Canada doesn't count ) Hopefully I get to see some amazing sites like what you have captured. Even moreso, maybe I'll capture some of my own.

P.S. - Something tells me I'm going to have a lot of down time at JFK and Heathrow...

Hope your trip goes OK, problems at airport no doubt, but when you get here there is lots to see, London is a great city. Do you plan on getting out of London at all ?? Six days is not along time with so much to see. Enjoy your trip and let me know how you get on. Good snapping. Ian

Take a look at http://www.28dayslater.co.uk good source of unusual places and sites....

toadlet · March 31, 2007

Its such a shame to see national treasures in ruin like this, and like you said only so recently as well. Nice place to shoot though to illistrate through the imagination of what once was! Nicely done.

Fusion_UK wrote:

Kevin
Thanks for looking and your positive comments.
Ian

The Castle Gwrych

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