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Plas Mawr

Tourist attraction Historical landmark Heritage building

One of the Best Places To Visits in Conwy


Address

High St, Conwy LL32 8DE, United Kingdom

Website

cadw.gov.wales

Contact

+44 300 025 2239

Rating on Google Maps

4.80 (514 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 9:30 am to 5 pm
  • Friday: 9:30 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday: 9:30 am to 5 pm
  • Sunday: 9:30 am to 5 pm
  • Monday: 9:30 am to 5 pm
  • Tuesday: 9:30 am to 5 pm
  • Wednesday: 9:30 am to 5 pm

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  • 5/5 Graham N. 1 year ago on Google
    What you see from the street does not do justice for what you see when you go in. This is an excellent attraction and worth every penny of the entrance fee. It's one not to miss.
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  • 5/5 Shirley W. 2 years ago on Google
    This is a little gem in Conwy often missed. Its an excellent Elizabethan house. You are actually allowed to take photos, you can have audio to go round or a readable version whichever you prefer. The staff are great, very friendly, don't pass this by its too good to miss and very reasonable prices.
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  • 5/5 Tim W. 1 year ago on Google
    Great must visit when your in Conwy. Its nice to see this late Medieval townhouse. There is also a good view of the castle from the towers. The house is sprawling and you can take over an hour reading everything there. The exhibit about astrology was the most interesting part. There is an option of using an audio guide or paper map. We choice a paper map. The staff are very friendly.

  • 5/5 High M. 11 months ago on Google
    This place is a bit hidden away in the streets of conwy. Decent enough place to explore took about an hour and a half. Some very bold information boards on things like how they delt with certain illnesses in them days and what happened with the sewage. Some nice volunteers about too had a nice chat with one. Even got to try on some of the tudor clothes which the kids thought was hillarious.

  • 5/5 Fiona R. 1 year ago on Google
    A fantastic rainy day option - we easily spent an hour in here. The volunteer guides are incredibly knowledgeable about the house's fascinating history.

  • 5/5 Robin C. 1 year ago on Google
    A really interesting historic building in Conwy, which gives a great sense of how people lived in the years since it was built. The audio tour is fabulous. A mobile phone sized gadget can be pointed at a trigger point in each room, and then voice actors tell you about life as it related to that room. There are also really helpful and informative staff on hand to tell you about the things you are looking at and how people lived in those rooms. A brilliantly done experience.

  • 5/5 Tom S. 10 months ago on Google
    Nice Elizabethian House there are three floors and a tower with great views. The staff opened a side door to let our party member who walks with a stick out without having to walk down the big steps at the front. A good self paced tour and audio guides are available for free. Due to the steps and thresholds I wouldn't recommend the place for wheelchairs. Discounts available at the castle for visitors of the house show your ticket for Plas Mawr when buying your ticket at the castle.

  • 5/5 Valerie H. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely amazing place. So good to finally visit. They give you a really useful audio guide. So much fascinating information. Stunning building. I liked the extra information display too. All the stuff about medicine.

  • 5/5 Joanna R. 9 months ago on Google
    Very exciting find in middle of Conwy, a lot to look at , choice of audio tour or old fashioned map to take yourself round with. We chose the map as we wanted to wander and share the experience as a group, sharing what we saw or read in the rooms with each other. And there were plenty of friendly volunteer tour guides in the rooms ,with lots of interesting information and very good knowledge when we had questions. Also great at pointing us in the right directions to make sure we didn't miss anything. It is an incredible house that has been beautifully restored to how it originally was, we wandered thro the rooms decorated and set up as near to original as could be and the walls and ceilings have been repaired or restored. Brilliant time here very reasonable entrance cost, that was discounted as we had already on same day, been to Conwy Castle and if you show receipt from there you get a discount on entry here.

  • 5/5 Annalie M. 9 months ago on Google
    Fantastic gem in the High Street in Conwy. Beautiful period furnishings and decoration. Lots of interactive installations showing the history of the building. Great for awetter day activity.

  • 5/5 carme s. 9 months ago on Google
    A fantastic surprise. We didn't expect the details of the rooms. The decorations were well explained and the audio tour was so helpful. The 16th century health mini exhibition is creepy but interesting.

  • 5/5 Andrea C. 9 months ago on Google
    Excellent beautiful Elizabethean house. Was a hidden gem really as was super quite so we had lots of time and space to walk around. The gardens/courtyard is like something out of a fairytale, and the added costumes to try on was brilliant and lots of fun. Highly recommended 👌

  • 4/5 Nicholas H. 9 months ago on Google
    I had a nice time looking around Plas Mawr. I had to wait a bit to get in as another group had got there before me. However, all of the staff were very friendly and once I was there they let me see the building. One of the volunteers in the kitchen seemed very knowledgeable and happy to share her knowledge of the building. I enjoyed talking to her but another volunteer in the room upstairs sat there reading a book and didn’t talk to me. The house was quite big with lots to see. There were some plaques with information about the history. I found the exhibition about sanitation and the herb garden the most interesting of these. It was quite tiring walking around the house as there were a lot of steps. Most of the rooms were decorated and open for public viewing but not all of them. It would have been nice to have had a cafe or something on site so that people can take a break as it is quite a lot to take in in one go. I did have a nice visit but I left thinking that maybe I could have spent some more time in there.

  • 5/5 Mandy A. 8 months ago on Google
    Very nice people, friendly and helpful. House absolutely beautiful. Liked you could dress up. Highly recommend a visit.

  • 5/5 Daniel C. 7 months ago on Google
    I can't recommend this gem of a place more. Excellent audio guide throughout the house making it an immersive experience. Fantastic, sheltered space if it's raining. The level of historical detail setting up the rooms was outstanding. Well done! Plus the dress ups were fun too.


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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