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Conwy history
Castle and town walls
Conwy Castle and the town walls were built, on the instructions of Edward I of England, between 1283 and 1289 . The walls are part of a World Heritage Site, Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd . People born within the walls of Conwy are nicknamed “Jackdaws”, after the jackdaws which live on the walls .
Abbey
Conwy was the original site of Aberconwy Abbey, founded by Llywelyn the Great . Edward and his troops took over the abbey site and moved the monks up the Conwy valley to a new site at Maenan . The parish church St Mary’s All Saints still retains some parts of the original abbey church .
Suspension bridge
Conwy Suspension Bridge was completed in 1826 and spans the River Conwy next to the castle . Thomas Telford designed the bridge’s supporting towers to match the castle’s turrets . The bridge is now open to pedestrians only and is in the care of the National Trust .
Railway bridge
The Conwy Railway Bridge, a tubular bridge, was built for the Chester and Holyhead Railway . The first tube was completed in 1848, the second in 1849 . The A55 road passes under the river in a tunnel, which was built between 1986 and 1991 .
Aberconwy House
Aberconwy House is Conwy’s only surviving 14th-century merchant’s house . It is one of the first buildings built inside the walls of Conwy .
Plas Mawr
Plas Mawr is an Elizabethan Elizabethan house built in 1576 by the Wynn family . It has been extensively refurbished to its 16th-century appearance and is now in the care of Cadw .
Smallest house in Great Britain
Smallest House in Great Britain, with dimensions of 3.05 x 1.8 metres, can be found on the quay . It was in continuous occupation from the 16th century until 1900 when the owner (a 6-foot (1.8 m) fisherman – Robert Jones) was forced to move out on the grounds of hygiene . The house is still owned by his descendants today and visitors can look around it for a small charge .
Vardre Hall
Vardre Hall is a 19th-century Grade II listed building directly opposite to Conwy Castle . It was erected by Conservative Buckinghamshire MP William Edward FitzMaurice in the mid 1850s . The building was used as a solicitor’s office until 1972, when it was bought out and became The Towers Restaurant .
Medieval watchtower
Bodysgallen Hall incorporates a medieval tower that was possibly built as a watch tower for Conwy Castle . Across the estuary it is also possible to see a tower that may have been built for the castle .
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