Simon Baker sold his one-bedroom flat in London and pumped his life savings into restoring the tumbledown cowshed in Eryri ...

From a patio created from the old slate slabs, the restoration's appeal is apparent: a glorious sweep of Eryri hillscape ...

Dinorwig slate quarries gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status in ... If you’ve driven between Bangor and Llanberis, you’ve passed the walls of the Vaynol Estate, where the lord who owned Dinorwig ...

'Vital' conservation of an historic Gwynedd hospital site which tells the story of health and welfare in the north Wales ...

The goal? To build a 20 foot (6 meter) and 213 ft (65 m) long dry-stone wall as part of a park where the landscape was digitally planned, and the earth autonomously excavated. The coolest thing ...

Tyler Blint-Welsh was a general assignment reporter for the Wall Street Journal's Greater New York Bureau. Before joining the Journal, he covered topics ranging from music, sports, fashion ...

Whitewall Farm Cottage was originally constructed during the 17th century and is believed to be part of the original ...

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