Started with Erddig, where the 'family' had particular regard for their servants, recording their lives in portraits and verse - adds a really interesting dimension to the house.
Lovely gardens - some fantastic pink tulip beds while we were there - plus the geometric lines of 'pleached' ornamental trees, leading away from the house.
Also encountered this baby squirrel in a corner of the garden - desperately trying to hide from us under a garden bench!
Later in the week it was on to Penrhyn Castle - a little more modern than it looks (the current building dates from the early C19th despite its distinctly Norman appearance).
The interiors boast some really rather extravagant stonework (the family did own a lot of quarries), and the whole setting boasts some lovely views out to the North Wales coast:
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