Plas Celebrities of Yesteryear

Join Howard – The B&B Bard as he brings some of our historic Plas Celebrities of Yesteryear to life through historic research, immersive storytelling & animation.

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“I am Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Some regard me as among the finest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language and certainly one of the most influential! I lived here at Plas Tan-Yr-Allt from 1812 to 1813 when I was just 20 and completed my first epic poem Queen Mab ‘All things are recreated’ – Its subject was nothing less than ‘the past, the present and the future’. A tragic event happened at the house…”
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“I am William Alexander Madocks MP. I purchased the House and Estate in 1798 which was built and lived in by myself and also rented out until 1828. I was a British politician and landowner who served as Member of Parliament for the borough of Boston in Lincolnshire from 1802 to 1820, and then for Chippenham in Wiltshire from 1820 to 1826. I am best known, however, for my activities as an agricultural improver in Gwynedd, especially around the towns of Porthmadog and Tremadog which I founded and which are named after me…”
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Drop by and come and say hello to Mary Hilda Greaves – Known simply as ‘Hilda’. She was born here at the house and lived here all her life, was the daughter of John Whitehead Greaves (the founder of what is now known as the Llechwedd Slate Quarry), and aunt of Portmeirion founder, architect errant Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. Known especially for her legendary afternoon teas, guests can now stay in a bedroom named after her, and partake in the delights of Miss Hilda’s Classic Edwardian Ceam Tea..!
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Plas Celebrities of Yesteryear

Join Howard – The B&B Bard as he brings some of our historic Plas Celebrities of Yesteryear to life through historic research, immersive storytelling & animation.

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“I am Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Some regard me as among the finest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language and certainly one of the most influential! I lived here at Plas Tan-Yr-Allt from 1812 to 1813 when I was just 20 and completed my first epic poem Queen Mab ‘All things are recreated’ – Its subject was nothing less than ‘the past, the present and the future’. A tragic event happened at the house…”

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“I am William Alexander Madocks MP. I purchased the House and Estate in 1798 which was built and lived in by myself and also rented out until 1828. I was a British politician and landowner who served as Member of Parliament for the borough of Boston in Lincolnshire from 1802 to 1820, and then for Chippenham in Wiltshire from 1820 to 1826. I am best known, however, for my activities as an agricultural improver in Gwynedd, especially around the towns of Porthmadog and Tremadog which I founded and which are named after me…”
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Drop by and come and say hello to Mary Hilda Greaves – Known simply as ‘Hilda’. She was born here at the house and lived here all her life, was the daughter of John Whitehead Greaves (the founder of what is now known as the Llechwedd Slate Quarry), and aunt of Portmeirion founder, architect errant Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. Known especially for her legendary afternoon teas, guests can now stay in a bedroom named after her, and partake in the delights of Miss Hilda’s Classic Edwardian Ceam Tea..!
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