Penmaenmawr railway station and Kinmel Hall fail to sell at auction

Oct 13 2011 by Steve Stratford, North Wales Weekly News

AN auction to sell two properties in Conwy county took place yesterday, but neither were snapped up.

Kinmel Hall in Abergele, a Victorian mansion built in the 1870s, is surrounded by 3,500 acres of open parkland, once a part of the property.

The Hall was built as a lavish 52 bedroom mansion with accommodation for 60 live-in servants and included a special room only used for ironing newspapers.

Lambert Smith Hampton auctioneers were due to put the freehold property under the hammer yesterday, but the lot was deferred due to a lack of legal paperwork being completed in time for the sale. The asking price was £1.5m.

It is hoped the property will go under the hammer again on December 7.

The former railway station building at Penmaenmawr was up for grabs for an asking guide price of £60,000 to £75,000, but failed to sell.

The 150sq m stone property consists of a basement, ground and separate first floor. The first floor consists of a kitchen, lounge and bathroom together with four bedrooms, and the first floor also benefits from coastal and sea views.

A spokesman told the Weekly News it was hoped an agreement could be reached on the building’s future soon.