Private meetings, conferences, company dinners, awards evenings, outdoor corporate days, licensed weddings and house-party weekends for up to 16 resident guests are hosted at Brynkinalt Hall, a Jacobean brick house on a working estate at Chirk, on the Welsh side of the border near Wrexham. The Trevor family traces its presence here back more than a thousand years and still runs the estate.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells its house and grounds for corporate use: private meetings, celebrations of success, conferences, dinners, awards ceremonies and outdoor events. Past events include a family safari day for a bank, four-wheel driving on the estate tracks and cross-country running, which shows how the land itself can be part of the program. With 1,000 acres of farmland, 400 acres of forestry and 14 km of public footpaths, there is room for activities that a hotel cannot offer. Groups can also book a guided visit of the house and gardens by appointment.
Weddings and receptions
The Hall holds a wedding licence, so ceremonies can take place on site. Its rooms and gardens suit small weddings, and larger celebrations are held in a marquee in the grounds. The house also hosts anniversaries, reunions, dinner parties and weekend stays for family and friends.
Rooms and capacities
The estate does not publish guest numbers for its rooms, so capacities should be confirmed with the estate office. The main rooms are the Jacobean oak-panelled Great Hall, once an open courtyard where coaches entered through an arch; the Dining Room and the Drawing Room, each with its own ante room; two small morning rooms known as the Boudoirs; and a conservatory that looks over the Ceiriog valley.
Accommodation
The Hall has eight bedrooms, seven with en-suite bathrooms and one with a private bathroom, and sleeps up to 16 guests for a house party with exclusive use of the house. The estate also lets Bryngwilla Gate Lodge, a refurbished self-catering cottage on the estate.
History and setting
The family dates its line to 942, with the union of Tudur Trevor and Angharad, daughter of the Welsh king Hywel Dda. Sir Edward Trevor completed the central part of the present house in 1612, in brick made on site. In 1662 Charles II created Marke Trevor Viscount Dungannon. In 1808 Charlotte, Viscountess Dungannon, remodelled the house, added two wings and gave it castellations and turrets, along with gate lodges, follies and a double-walled garden. The Hall is a Grade II* listed building of three storeys. Its gardens and shrubbery have been restored in recent years and open under the National Garden Scheme. Iain and Kate Hill-Trevor now manage the estate.
Getting there
The estate office is at Brynkinalt, Chirk, Wrexham LL14 5NS. Chirk sits on the A5 next to the English border, south of Wrexham and north of Oswestry, and has its own railway station on the line between Shrewsbury and Chester.
