8.0 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



runs on the fouth weft of the little 

 river Alun, by which means I had an op- 

 portunity of feeing Plas Teg, a moft fm- 

 gularly built houfe belonging to the fa- 

 mily of the Trevors. It is fquare, and 

 at each corner has a fquare wing which 

 is five flories high. This houfe was 

 built by Sir John Trevor, in the year 

 1610. 



Mold is a fmall market town, confift- 

 ing principally of one long and wide 

 ftreet. The church is a neat building 

 ornamented all round the top of the walls 

 with gothic carvings of animals. The 

 body was erected in the reign of Henry 

 VII. but the tower is of a more modern 

 confmiclion, though built in imitation 

 of and very much refembling it. The 

 pillars in the infide are light and ele- 

 gant, and between the arches are figures 

 df angels bearing fhields, having on 

 feme of them arms, probably of the be- 



nefac- 



