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The castle is associated with the Williams family from around 1690 and is originally built on and around a earlier house, the one we see today is the creation of Sir John Hay Williams. and dates between 1830 and 1852. Due to the loss of the main income from lead mining in the 1850s, the Williams family fortune started to decline. By the first world war the castle had been reduced in size and was used as a recuperation hospital, and the grounds to the east was used by Kinmel Camp for warfare training. In 1920 the house was sold to Lowther College a school for girls, but that closed in 1982 due to financial problems. What was then Clywd County Council purchased the property and grounds and turned it into a visitors attraction. Restoration began on the property to put it back to the Victorian style home. In 1994 part of the site was leased to Rank Organisation and became a Warner Holiday Hotel. Also the Williams Hall was placed under the care of the Bodelwyddan Castle Trust.