Brynbella

In 1794, Hester Piozzi began the construction of Brynbella with her husband in order to provide the family with a new seat after the destruction of Lleweni Hall, which had reverted to the ownership of Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere due to primogeniture.

[1] Letters between Clement Mead and the Piozzi family about the construction of the hall can be found in the University of Manchester Library.

Like his namesake, John Salusbury, Hester's son had little idea of estate management and continued to dabble in politics and the emerging banking industry then erupting in London.

The decision to rent Brynbella full-time was undertaken by Salusbury's son, who continued to live in Australia.

After his death in 1918, it fell into the hands of Frederic Salusbury who sold the estate two years later due to the extensive repairs that were necessitated after half a century of neglect.