Historic Beaumaris

The building of Beaumaris Castle by Edward I in 1295 made the area important in every sense, politically, agriculturally and of course the maritime connection. Beaumaris became a halfway house for goods brought in from the around the world and then shipped onto England.

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the Bulkeley family became what might be described as ‘Elizabethan entrepreneurs’. It seems that they financed privateers running from Beaumaris creating havoc among the world’s shipping and trading nations, in waters from the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean. The Bulkeley family have been major land owners on Anglesey since the Fifteenth century. Though they originally came from Cheshire they found the increasingly important town of Beaumaris to their liking.

The Bulkeley Hotel was conceived and paid for by the Bulkeley family, hence its name.  It is a Grade 1 listed building and a very fine example of the Victorian House builder’s art. It bears the evidence of the pride these people took in their craft but does not suffer from the over indulgence that typified so much architecture and builder’s workmanship in the middle of the nineteenth century.

The building is elegant in its proportions, the shape and size of the rooms betraying the natural good taste of its architect Mr. Hansom, the same man that gave his name to Hansom Cabs.