Architecture in Wales

Discover 18 places to experience unusual architecture in Wales.

Theatre Interior.

Colwyn Bay, Wales

Harlequin Puppet Theatre

Britain's oldest permanent theatre designed and built for puppets.

Gregynog Hall

Tregynon, Wales

Gregynog Hall

A grand mansion in rural mid-Wales gifted to the Welsh people by two sisters.

St Hilary's Chapel tower with Denbigh Castle behind it.

St Hilary's Chapel

This tower is all that remains of a once-famed chapel.

The ruined arches of Leicester's Church.

Leicester's Church

Also known as "Leicester's Folly," this almost cathedral was left unfinished and in ruins.

What remains of the cloister.

Llantysilio, Wales

Valle Crucis Abbey

This ancient abbey now lies in majestic ruin behind a caravan park.

Castle on the hill.

Denbighshire, Wales

Castell Dinas Bran

These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.

St Tudno's Church

Llandudno, Wales

St Tudno's Church

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.

Deganwy Castle

Deganwy Castle

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

In a boatyard near Aberdyfi is a nautically inspired work of art.

The building's King Street side, as viewed from Laura Place.

Aberystwyth, Wales

University of Aberystwyth Old College

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

Quay House, The Smallest House in Great Britain

Quay House, The Smallest House in Great Britain

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Blaenavon Ironworks

Blaenavon, Wales

Blaenavon Ironworks

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

Whiteford Lighthouse

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

Pontarfynach, Wales

Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

Tongwynlais, Wales

Castell Coch (The Red Castle)

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

The Arab Room ceiling

The Arab Room at Cardiff Castle

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.