The
Williams-Wynn baronets of
Wynnstay Hall were, in the 18th and 19th centuries, "the richest, most powerful and most profusely hospitable" family in North Wales. Their Wynnstay estate saw extensive development; firstly by
the 3rd baronet, who engaged
Francis Smith of Warwick in the mid-18th century, and subsequently by
the 4th and
5th baronets. The 5th baronet commissioned
Charles Robert Cockerell to undertake work at the hall, and also to construct the Newbridge Lodge, purportedly in anticipation of a
Royal visit which did not, in fact, occur.
Edward Hubbard, in his
Clwyd volume in the
Pevsner Buildings of Wales series, applauds the "brilliant originality" of Cockerell's design. The lodge is of two storeys, the lower floor with an
arcaded and
rusticated loggia. The construction material is local
ashlar. ==Footnotes==