Bryn Bras Castle can be found on the old road between Llanrug and Llanberis known locally as the Clegir road. Llanrug is a Village in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, to the west of Caernarfon. Llanberis is a Town in Gwynedd, north Wales, lying beside the Llyn Padarn lake in Snowdonia.
The Castle has a Grade II Listed Building status and is more of country or stately home than a traditional Welsh Castle. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The house was built between 1829 and 1835 on the site of an earlier structure by Thomas Hopper. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Thomas Hopper (1776 – 1856 was an English Architect of the late 18th and early 19th centuries much favoured by King George IV, and particularly notable
The site of the first motorcycle Dragon rally in 1962, the house has been converted into luxury holiday apartments. The Dragon Rally is a motorcycle camping Rally held annually in North Wales since 1962 Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.