plas teg circa 1778
plas teg circa 1860 when owned colonel trevor roper.
plas teg (2005)
it built sir john trevor in 1610.
according archers register , year book of facts 1865 plas teg venue royal british bowmen (rbb). on 10 august 1865, rbb meeting held @ plas teg , ninety arrows shot @ 60 yards. ladies, miss h. trevor roper scored 34 hits , recorded score of 116, coming third. lady edwardes came first 58 hits , score of 230. gentlemen, mr henry potts came first 89 hits , score of 293; mr r. trevor roper in sixth place, 23 hits , score of 69.
the estate left hands of trevors around 1930. mid-1950s, plas teg in state of advanced decay , under threat of demolition. following public outcry, derelict house purchased trevor descendant, patrick trevor-roper, partially restored building funds historic buildings council. leased out house until 1977 until mr , mrs william llewelyn bought house. couple used parts of ground floor rest of house became little more ruin. fortunes dramatically changed in 1986 when cornelia bayley (the present owner) acquired plas teg £75,000. carried out series of works @ cost of £400,000, £199,000 of funded cadw. ten months after purchase, house opened public , still day. book detailing history of plas teg , trevor family released mark baker in 2006 , has been reprinted october 2007 after selling out. revised second edition tackles theories regarding judge jeffreys expanding on history of plas teg.
according writer clive hopwood, plas teg means fair house . stated house has fair history. s dark, gruesome, full of bloodthirsty deeds , sorrowful events.
the county of flintshire said land of spirits , hauntings. 1 notable case of grey lady, described popular of such entities in north east wales. old woman reported have been seen moving across a541 adjacent plas teg path of traffic.
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