Well hello and good morning in this video we'll be looking at Castell Coch.
That's simply Welsh for red castle, it's an impressive fairy tale looking castle
just north of Cardiff you can actually see it when you drive down the m4 and
unlike other castles in Wales it's not as old as it looks. It was
actually built in the 19th century in a Gothic Revival style by the architect
William Burges for the 3rd Marquess of Bute.
William Burgess was responsible for the ornate Gothic style inside
Cardiff Castle, the Marquess of Bute had it built basically as a summer house.
I don't think he actually used it that much, you can rent the place for weddings
and functions. So let's go take a look, oh by the way, there was an actual castle, a
Norman castle that was here originally they were just ruins but the structure
today bares no resemblance to that castle.
So as you can see, behind me you can see the scaffolding from the restoration
work. I actually came earlier, around Christmas time and the whole thing was
covered in scaffolding so now it is just on one Tower, so it's not so bad.
So this was Lady Bute's bedroom look at the fancy ceiling and actually you can hear
the workmen working on the roof, they've gone quiet, now there we go.
And there is an art installation in the castle at the moment
Laura Ford called Squatters. Look at what they have done with the bed here.
Is it just me or is that slightly unsettling,
Now we're up in one of the turrets and there used to be a church here, well a chapel but they got rid
of that before 1891 but these are the rescued stained-glass windows from that
chapel which were designed by William Burges's brother.
St. John the Baptist, Saint Andrew St. Paul of course the Welsh one, St David.
The Castle does have a dungeon. The lower part is original medieval ruins and it turns into Victorian brick at the top.
He did a lot touch of having two long windows one there.
there!
So that was Castle Coch in South Wales I forgot to mention the price.
Seven pound thirty to get in, free parking but £7.30 entrance. It was worth it.
You could spend about two hours here
Quite interesting, it's got a Tea Room, thumbs up! And there's plenty of places
to walk and on a nice day like today, you can spend most of the afternoon here.
Anyway that's another place to see in Wales, thumbs up from FlyDriveExplore.
I'm looking over there because there's a squirrel, he's eyeing up my microphone,
I think is gonna mate with it!