Penrhyn Castle
Built in the early 19th Century, the faux-medieval castle of Penrhyn stands overlooking the Menai Straits near Bangor in North Wales.
Although it’s an impressive piece of architecture, it’s important to point out that the Pennant family who built it, made their vast fortune in both Welsh slate and Jamaican sugar, the latter from plantations using slave labour. So like many other country house estates it’s a monument to the uncomfortable legacy of Britain’s colonial past.
© Mark Simms Photography (2022)
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One Response to “Penrhyn Castle”
I would love to have opened up a larger copy of No11 the shot from dark to the light looking at the ceiling, I hadn’t realised you were still posting so frequently – great catch up – I hope you are well