This is the Servants Hall, just inside the main door, and probably the first room that you will see.

The furnishings are not original but have been carefully reproduced to match a detailed inventory of the house's contents made in 1644. The finest item is the heraldic plaster overmantel which dates from the year Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe.

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The kitchen has been set up as it would have been when it was in use in Elizabethan times and one has the feeling that the staff have just popped out and will be coming back any minute. The box-like structure hanging above the table is a food safe.

There would have been, of course, a cook who probably had a staff of three or four.

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This is assumed to have been Dorothy Wynn's, Robert's wife, bedroom because of the presence of her initials and family emblems.

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This is known as the Great Chamber or Great Hall where the owner, Robert Wynn, would have entertained his guests. The strange figures around the wall are known as Caryatids and are based on classical Greek columns.

The decorations are just as they would have been in Elizabethan times and the patterned fabric on the walls is known as Dornix which originated in Flanders.

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This view in the Great Chamber shows the fireplace and overmantle.

The clock on the wall near the window is a Lantern Clock dating from around 1650. It was a sign of status as there were only about 5 homes with clocks in Caernarfonshire at that time.

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