Lowther College Wales

Bodelwyddan Hall and its grounds were taken over in June 1920 by Mrs. Florence Lindley who set about converting it into what was to become Lowther College for Girls, attracting boarders from as far afield as the Pacific Islands and Hong Kong. The school flourished until 1982 when it had to close due to a massive deficit of £167,000.

The property lay empty for a while until Clwyd County Council purchased the entire estate for £500,000. By coincidence the National Portrait Gallery was seeking to establish a satellite gallery to show its large collection of Victorian portraiture. Bodelwyddan was of the right period and in the right place at the right time and thus work began on the sympathetic and creative restoration of both the Castle and its grounds.