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Now this is my very favourite part of Plas Mawr in Conwy, and the set of rooms that I personally steward. This attic was initially meant to be an open ceiling from the great hall below. BUT! As the carpenters went away to creat the wonderful trusses that you can see here ( please view full screen) the stone masons carried on with the rest of the house. The trusses were then brought back to the house to be fitted, but there was a problem. All the carpenter marks matched, the "flat pack" beams did all fit together ( you can still the carpenter marks for joining them together) but the walls had changed.

The first and last truss no longer fitted as the stair towers had been constructed and so the trusses did not fit anymore and so the the 1st and 4th ones were shorter... as you can see at the far right on the picture in the background ( it looks as though its resting on a stone.) Robert Wynne then decided that this was ugly and so put floorboards up there and gave it over as servant quarters. In the late 1800's this room appears on the census as No 1 Plas Mawr, and was occupied by a farmer called Joseph. He lived here with his family and his servants, and he also had 40 acres of land around the town, so quite way he lived in this one room with so many we dont know.

The floor really is this wonky yes, but the actual size of this room has to be about 60 foot long. The double row of pegs holding the beams together is unique to Plas Mawr.

Thank you so much for looking and any comments, they are always appreciated xx Edir. the ceiling is no where near as low as it looks. its about 7 foot high in the middle xx