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Pnrhyn Cstl (Wlsh: Cstll Pnrhyn) s cntry hs n Llndyg, Bngr, Gwyndd, Nrth Wls, cnstrctd n th styl f Nrmn cstl. Th Pnrhyn stt ws fndd by dnyfd Fychn. n th 15th cntry hs dscndnt Gwlym p Grffth blt frtfd mnr hs n th st. n th 18th cntry, th Pnrhyn stt cm nt th pssssn f Rchrd Pnnnt, 1st Brn Pnrhyn, n prt frm hs fthr, Lvrpl mrchnt, nd n prt frm hs wf, nn Ssnnh Wrbrtn, th dghtr f n rmy ffcr. Pnnnt drvd grt wlth frm hs wnrshp f slv plnttns n th Wst nds nd ws strng ppnnt f ttmpts t blsh th slv trd. Hs wlth ws sd n prt fr th dvlpmnt f th slt mnng ndstry n Pnnnt's Crnrfnshr stts, nd ls fr dvlpmnt f Pnrhyn Cstl. n th 1780s Pnnnt cmmssnd Sml Wytt t ndrtk rcnstrctn f th mdvl hs. n Pnnnt's dth n 1808, th Pnrhyn stt ws nhrtd by hs scnd csn, Grg Hy Dwkns, wh dptd th srnm Dwkns-Pnnnt. Frm 1822 t 1837 Dwkns-Pnnnt nggd th rchtct Thms Hppr wh rblt th hs n th frm f N-Nrmn cstl. Dwkns-Pnnnt, wh st s Mmbr f Prlmnt fr Nwrk nd Nw Rmny, fllwd hs csn s lng-stndng ppnnt f mncptn, srvng n th Wst nd Cmmtt, grp f prlmntrns ppsd t th bltn f slvry, n whch Rchrd Pnnnt hd srvd s chrmn. Dwkns-Pnnnt rcvd sgnfcnt cmpnstn whn, n 1833, mncptn f slvs n th Brtsh mpr ws vntlly chvd, thrgh th pssng f th Slvry bltn ct. n 1840, th Pnrhyn stt pssd t dwrd Grdn Dgls, thrgh hs mrrg t Dwkns-Pnnnt's ldr dghtr, Jln. Dgls, wh ssmd th nm Dgls-Pnnnt, ws lvtd t th prg s 1st Brn Pnrhyn f th scnd crtn n 1866. H, nd hs sn nd hr, Grg Dgls-Pnnnt, 2nd Brn Pnrhyn, cntnd th dvlpmnt f thr slt ntrsts t Pnrhyn Qrry, nd f th spprtng nfrstrctr thrght Nrth-Wst Wls. Frmly ppsd t trd nnsm t thr qrrs, thr tnr sw bttr strks vr nn rcgntn nd wrkrs' rghts, clmntng n th Grt Strk f 1900–1903, th lngst dspt n Brtsh ndstrl hstry. Lttl dvlpmnt tk plc t th cstl, whch ws nt th fmly's prncpl rsdnc nd ws mnly sd s hldy hm n th smmr mnths, bt th ntrr ws nhncd by dwrd Dgls-Pnnnt's crtn f mjr cllctn f pntngs. Ths prvdd th sttng fr ntrtnng gsts, wh ncldd Qn Vctr, hr sn th Prnc f Wls nd Wllm Gldstn. Th cstl pssd frm th fmly t th Ntnl Trst v th Ntnl Lnd Fnd n 1951. Pnrhyn Cstl s Grd lstd bldng, rcgnsd s Thms Hppr's fnst wrk. Blt n th Rmnsq Rvvl styl, t s cnsdrd n f th mst mprtnt cntry hss n Wls nd s mng th bst f th Rvvlst cstls n Brtn. ts rt cllctn, ncldng wrks by Plm Vcch nd Cnltt s f ntrntnl mprtnc. n th 21st cntry, th Ntnl Trst's ttmpts t xplr th lnks btwn thr prprts nd clnlsm nd hstrc slvry hv sn th cstl ftr n th nsng cltr wrs.