Plas Mawr (3), High Street, Conwy, Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd), North Wales. Location map
 
 
View of Plas Mawr, a Tudor town house, Conwy, Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd), North Wales
  Tudor Garderobe, Plas Mawr, Conwy.

Garderobe means private room or privy and was the Tudor equivalent of our toilet. A fairly crude affair comprising a seat at the top of a shaft which went down into a pit which would have been accessible from the outside for cleaning.

This garderobe was in one of the bedrooms - quite an innovation for the time.

 

 

 

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  View of Plas Mawr, a Tudor town house, Conwy, Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd), North Wales   The attic, Plas Mawr, Conwy.

This structure was originally intended, by the owner Robert Wynn, to be left exposed and visible from the Great Chamber below but he eventually decided it wasn't attractive enough and had a ceiling installed making this space into an attic.

Because it wasn't going to be visible from below the builders left the wooden pegs protruding rather than bothering to cut them off flush.

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  View of Plas Mawr, a Tudor town house, Conwy, Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd), North Wales   Plas Mawr, Conwy.

This is the view from the Tower - an observation room reached by a spiral staircase and a short set of steep wooden steps.

The castle is pretty obvious but not quite so obvious is that a part of St. Mary and All Saints Church and the churchyard is also visible.

 

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  View of Plas Mawr, a Tudor town house, Conwy, Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd), North Wales   The Upper courtyard, Plas Mawr, Conwy.

There is a well in this courtyard, which was the sole supply of fresh water for the house, and there are several doors connecting with various parts of the house.

 

 

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  These photographs were taken with the kind assistance of CADW.