Aberconwy House
Characterful Aberconway House, located in Conwy's Castle Street,
is a fourteenth century merchant's house, and is believed to be the only medieval merchant's house in Conwy to have survived and is the oldest recorded house of its kind anywhere in Wales.
The building has a timber-framed upper storey picturesquely jutting over a stone-built lower storey and basement. The upper storey was completed in the fifteenth century. The house is now owned by the National Trust.
Furnished rooms and an audio-visual presentation vividly depict daily life from different periods of history. The house is decorated in the style of three different periods in history. The great loft upstairs is Jacobean in style, while some rooms are Georgian in appearance. The house formed part of a temperance hotel in the 19th century, and accordingly some parts are decorated in the Victorian style.
Aberconwy House once belonged to various English merchants who traded with the Welsh, its first owner being recorded as Evan David. Its rooms are reputed to be haunted.
There is limited electric lighting which makes the house dark on dull days. The building also contains a National Trust Shop.
Opening Times
House
25th March - 29th October 11.00am - 5.00pm Wednesday to Monday.
Shop
1st to 24th March10.00am - 5.00pm Daily, Sunday open at 11.00am
25th March to 29th October -10.00am - 5.30pm Daily, Sunday open at 11.00am.
30th October to 31st December10.00am - 5.00pm Daily, Sunday open at 11.00am.
January to February 200711.00am - 5.00pm Wednesday to Sunday open at 11.00am on Sunday.