Erddig Hall and Garden, Wrexham, Wales

Friday 6th March 2026

After a bit of inactivity over the winter, we have finally ventured forth in Fufu again, meeting up with our friends, Jeeves and Michelle for the weekend, at a site near Wrexham. Today, we visited Erddig Hall, a National Trust property to the south of the town.

The house was originally built in 1684 and later extended in 1720 with the addition of the two wings, either side of the central block.

You enter the house via the stable yard which has both stables and workshops around a central courtyard:

Off the next courtyard, there is the bakehouse, kitchen, laundry together with housing for the motor vehicles and carriages:

At its height the laundry dealt with around 600 items of linen each week:

The ground floor of the house is where much of the business was carried out. In addition to the service areas, such as the kitchen and laundry, this is where the estate and other offices are sited.

The servants were apparently very much valued and many stayed for all of their working lives. On the ground floor corridor, there are many of their photographic portraits, together with their poetry:

The Squire, his family and guests all occupied the upper floors. The first floor has dining and sitting rooms and the second floor, bedrooms. The second floor was closed for cleaning at the time of our visit.

Much of the estate lands were sold off at the time of transfer to the National Trust, but the gardens remain and even at this time of year were interesting:

Outside of the garden, there are the remains of a water pump which supplied the house. This is known as the “Cup and Saucer Waterfall”:

That is all for today. TTFN and See-u-later.