Part of a 200-year-old Grade II listed boundary wall belonging to the Welsh castle used on I'm A Celebrity has been demolished, sparking complaints. The section of Gwrych Castle's historic wall, which separates the road from land belonging to Abergele councillor Andrew Wood, was removed at the weekend over claims it had become dangerous.
One local resident reported the demolition of the wall to Conwy County Borough Council’s planning department. Another who watched it take place said they were "shocked" at what they were seeing.
However, Cllr Wood - who owns the adjacent land, which was once part of the original Gwrych Castle estate - said: "The wall has been previously extensively damaged by a third-party vehicle and was all loose and unsafe and had tumbled into the field." Also a member of the local planning committee, he added that the work had been done in order to fit a new water connection to a nearby smallholding.
