St David's Hotel, Harlech
St. David's Hotel was an Edwardian Era hotel in Harlech, Wales. The building was located on the A496, adjacent to Theatr Harlech on the campus of Coleg Harlech, and Royal St David's Golf Club.
St David's Hotel, Harlech
Architectural drawing by George Walton of St David's Hotel, Harlech dated 4 October 1908 from his studio at 26 Emperor's Gate, South Kensington, London
Mezzogravure by Alvin Langdon Coburn of St David's Hotel taken in 1920 and published in “The Book of Harlech”, a collection of his prints of the locality. Source: J. Paul Getty Museum
St David's Hotel, Harlech, photograph taken before 1922
Harlech is a seaside resort and community in Gwynedd, North Wales, and formerly in the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the Snowdonia National Park. Before 1966, it belonged to the Meirionydd District of the 1974 County of Gwynedd. Its landmark Harlech Castle was begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owain Glyndŵr, and in the 1480s, a stronghold of Henry Tudor. Once on a seaside cliff face, it is now half a mile inland. New housing has appeared in the low town and in the high town around the shopping street, church and castle. The two are linked by a steep road called "Twtil". Of its 1,447 inhabitants, 51 per cent habitually speak Welsh. The built-up area with Llanfair had a population of 1,762 in the 2001 census, over half of whom lacked Welsh identity, and the electoral ward which includes Talsarnau 1,997 in the 2011 census. The estimate in 2019 was 1,881. The population of the community, which includes just the village, was 1,263 as of the 2021 census.
Harlech from the beach area; the castle is seen centre-left
Harlech Castle with flags at half mast after the death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2002
Harlech Castle gatehouse
The Two Kings (sculptor Ivor Robert-Jones, 1984) near Harlech Castle, Wales. Bendigeidfran carries the body of his nephew Gwern.