{"id":1288,"date":"2012-07-21T17:06:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2012-07-22T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T10:54:27","slug":"chirk-castle-wrexham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=1288","title":{"rendered":"Chirk Castle, Wrexham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6986.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6986.jpg\" alt=\"View of castle from below\" title=\"Chirk\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6986.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6986-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <em>National Trust<\/em><br \/>\nThe castle was completed in 1310 by Edward I to help subdue the Welsh, and is still inhabited. Though much altered and restored, the outline of the mediaeval castle remains, with a luxurious mansion constructed inside it. The towers must originally have been higher, as in the other Edwardian Welsh castles. The accommodation is constructed around a central courtyard, originally the inner bailey.<br \/>\nThe North range, dating from the early 17th century, contains fine rooms mostly in a neo-classical style, but with a hall styled by Pugin.<br \/>\nThe South range, dating from 1529, was built by officials working for Henry VIII. It contains a chapel and servants&#8217; hall.<br \/>\nThe East range was much damaged in a Civil War siege, then rebuilt. Its current form dates from 1846, when an open colonnade was enclosed.<br \/>\nThe West range of c.1300 survives largely unaltered and has some rooms in the thickness of the wall.<br \/>\nOutside are some fine formal gardens, and the laundry rooms.<br \/>\nOn the approach you pass the fine gates by Davies. The car park is quite a long way further on.<br \/>\nChirk is well worth a visit.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1290\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6992.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6992-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chirk dining room\" title=\"Chirk dining room\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1290\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dining room, North range<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_1291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1291\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6990.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6990-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chirk, Cromwell Hall by Pugin\" title=\"Chirk, Cromwell Hall \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1291\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hall by Pugin, North range<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_1292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1292\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6989.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Chirk6989-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Statue in gardens\" title=\"Chirk statue\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1292\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Trust The castle was completed in 1310 by Edward I to help subdue the Welsh, and is still inhabited. Though much altered and restored, the outline of the mediaeval castle remains, with a luxurious mansion constructed inside it. The towers must originally have been higher, as in the other Edwardian Welsh castles. The accommodation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=1288\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chirk Castle, Wrexham&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1298,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}