| Ddisgrifiad / Description | Queen Elizabeth's Bedroom is fitted up entirely with oak, the walls being panelled and the roof also framed in oak similar in construction to that over the Hall. It is generally supposed to have been an old chapel from the fact of the curious fresco brought to light in the 1880s, having been found on the North Wall. It is believed to be a fourteenth century work and now stands as found, in a nearly perfect state. At the opposite end of the room and over a window is some more fresco work of a similar character, undoubtedly showing this apartment to have been a chapel at some time or other, the design being of an entirely religious character.
The fireplace, surrounded with blue and white Dutch tiles, is interesting and the mantel piece is of carved oak bearing the arms of the Mostyn family. The bed is by far the most worthy of attention. It is of old oak, richly carved and the panels at the end are very elaborate. The soffit is also panelled and the cornice is very striking. Queen Elizabeth is known to have slept in this bed which came from Lord Hastings seat in Norfolk, and was presented to Lord Mostyn by Edward Brooke Esq., Pabo Hall, High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire. To the left of the bed is a curious portrait on panel of Doctor Ellis Price and dated 1605. He was a supporter of the Earl of Leicester and devoted to all of his bad designs. He ws reputed to be the greatest knave in the period in which he lived and the most dreadful oppressor in the neighbourhood.
Returning to the Ante-Room, in the West Wall there is an entrance to the Secret Chamber called the Priest's Hiding Place, which is reached by steep stairs. It is but a small chamber formed in the roof of the hall and over the dais. Panels are formed with the end framing of the hall roof by means of which full information could be obtained of what was going on below.
Returning from the Chamber and along the Corridor, the newer portion of the house is reached, which was restored and rebuilt by the Lady Augusta Mostyn in 1876 from the designs and under the superintendance of the late Mr. Eden Nessfield, Architect of London.
The historic mansion of Gloddaeth stands hidden behind Llanrhos Church. The estate came into the possession of the Mostyn family through the marriage in 1460 of Howel Ab Ieuan Fychan to Margaret, daughter of Gruffydd Ap Rhys Ap Gruffydd Ap Madoc Gloddaeth Ap Madoc Ab Iorwerth Goch of Creuddyn; the latter name containing a pedigree of six generations and probably spanning the period to just before the English Conquest of 1284.
Of the present house, now occupied by the boys of St. David's College, the oldest part is the Great Hall, a handsome structure of the sixteenth century. The remainder was built at the end of the seventeenth century and there are some modern buildings at the rear.
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