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Best Western
Bulkeley Hotel
History
 The Bulkeley Hotel is a Grade 1
listed building and a very fine example of the Victorian House builder's
art. It bears the evidence of the pride these people took in their craft but
does not suffer from the over indulgence that typified so much architecture
and builder's workmanship in the middle of the nineteenth century.
The building is elegant in its
proportions, the shape and size of the rooms betraying the natural good
taste of its architect Mr. Hansom, the same man that gave his name to Hansom
Cabs.
The building was conceived and
paid for by the Bulkeley family, hence its name. The Bulkeley family have
been major land owners on Anglesey since the Fifteenth century. Though they
originally came from Cheshire they found the increasingly important town of
Beaumaris to their liking.
The building of Beaumaris Castle
by Edward I in 1295 made the area important in every sense, politically,
agriculturally and of course the maritime connection. Beaumaris became a
halfway house for goods brought in from the around the world and then
shipped onto England.
During the reign of Queen
Elizabeth I the Bulkeley family became what might be described as
'Elizabethan entrepreneurs'. It seems that they financed privateers running
from Beaumaris creating havoc among the world's shipping and trading
nations, in waters from the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean. |
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Princess Victoria |
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 In 1829 someone decided the
promised visit of the future Queen Victoria, then Princess of Wales, to
Beaumaris warranted the building of what might loosely be called the finest
beach house in North Wales.
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The
Ghosts |
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 The Hotel is reputed to have
ghosts. One is called George and seems to frequent the area around room 23.
What the attraction could be is uncertain but seems to relate to unrequited
love, he is heard to call out a lady's name with great sadness. While George
appears a sad ghost he is also amiable.
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