Soughton Hall
| Soughton Hall | |
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Front elevation of Soughton Hall, May 2011
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| General information | |
| Type | Country house |
| Location | Sychdyn |
| Town or city | Flintshire |
| Country | Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°11′53″N 3°07′37″W / 53.197951433888°N 3.1268613718707°WCoordinates: 53°11′53″N 3°07′37″W / 53.197951433888°N 3.1268613718707°W |
| Construction started | 1714 |
| Renovated | 1820/1880 |
| Client | Edward Conway |
| Designations | Grade II* listed |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Charles Barry |
Soughton Hall is a Grade II* listed country house hotel in Sychdyn, Flintshire, Wales. Notable guests that have stayed include Luciano Pavarotti, Michael Jackson and King Juan Carlos I of Spain. William John Bankes inherited Soughton Hall in the 1815.
Edward Conway built Soughton Hall in 1714. His family had owned the estate for several generations and he inherited the land when his father John Conway died in 1689. Because of financial difficulties he was forced to sell the house in 1732 to Bishop John Wynne.
Bishop John Wynne was born in 1667. His father was Humphrey Wynne of Maes-y-coed, Caerwys. He was educated at Oxford University and in 1715 was appointed Bishop of Saint Asaph in Denbighshire and in 1727 became Bishop of Bath and Wells. In 1720 he married Anne Pugh, daughter and heiress of Robert Pugh of Pennarth. The couple had two sons and two daughters.
At the age of 65 in 1732 Bishop Wynne bought Soughton Hall. He was a horticulturist and planted several avenues of lime trees on the estate, many of the trees can be still seen today. After he died in 1743 his son John inherited the estate and when he died unmarried in 1801 his brother Sir William Wynne became the owner. Bishop Wynne’s daughter Margaret had married Henry Bankes of Corfe Castle. It was this marriage that brought Soughton Hall indirectly into the Bankes family because when her brother Sir William Wynne died unmarried in 1815 the Hall was inherited by her grandson William John Bankes.
William John Bankes was born in 1786. His father was Henry Bankes who owned Kingston Lacy. He is described by one historian in the following terms.
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