page_title: Architecture of Wales
section_title: Romanesque or Norman revival architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Architecture of Wales / Gothic Revivalism and Historicism of the 18th and 19th Centuries. / Romanesque or Norman revival architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Penrhyn Castle. This view is taken from the drive during the National Trust's snowdrop weekend.
context_page_description: Architecture of Wales is an overview of architecture in Wales from the Medieval period to the present day, excluding castles and fortifications, ecclesiastical architecture and industrial architecture. It covers the history of domestic, commercial, and administrative architecture.
context_section_description: The derivation of Romanesque Revival architecture or Norman Revival architecture can be traced back to the late 17th century, but only became a recognisable architectural style around 1820. In 1817 Thomas Rickman published his An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest To the Reformation. It was now realised that round-arch architecture was largely Romanesque in the British Isles and came to be described as Norman rather than Saxon. The start of an archaeologically correct Norman Revival can be recognised in the architecture of Thomas Hopper. His first attempt at this style was at Gosford Castle in Armagh in Ireland, but far more successful was his Penrhyn Castle near Bangor. This was built for the Pennant family, between 1820 and 1837.  The style did not catch on for domestic buildings, though many country houses and mock castles were built in the Castle Gothic or Castellated style during the Victorian period, which was a mixed Gothic style. The Welsh architect Thomas Penson, however, built churches in this style in Montgomeryshire
caption: Penrhyn Castle
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