Maenan Hall

[1] The original timber frame design of the house included six bays which had a central entrance and wooden ionic portico which dated to the late 15th century.

[3] Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway brought Maenan Hall in late 1945 and started repairs to the building which had not been maintained for several decades.

The ground floor has a main cross passage, post-and-panel decorated partitions and beamed ceilings, which probably date back to the sixteenth century.

The Elizabethan decorative plasterwork is particularly noteworthy; it includes various heraldic badges and emblems, the initials of Queen Elizabeth I and also of Maurice Kyffin and his wife, and the year 1582 appears more than once.

The badges and emblems are similar to those found on plasterwork in Plas Mawr, Conwy and the fragmentary plaster remains still to be seen at Gwydir Castle, Llanrwst, and indicates that the same craftsman was used in all three properties.