Hotel fails in attempt to call time on the chimes

THE latest owners of a hotel have failed in their attempts to silence their town's famous clock during the night.

- JONATHON HILL Reporter [e-mail]

The proprietors of the Wynnstay Hotel in Machynlleth, which boasts online about being just a couple of hundred yards away from the ancient town’s landmark clock, wrote to Machynlleth town council last month requesting the 152-year-old clock be silenced during the night because it is annoying some of their guests.

Proprietors Huw Morgan and Gail Jenkins, who aren't the first owners to have issues with the noisy clock, wrote to the council after reviews were left online from guests suggesting it was difficult to sleep in certain parts of the Powys town centre's hotel because the neighbouring clock chimes every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day.

One reviewer left a review titled: "Fixed clock ruined our night." He said: "Nothing wrong with the hotel. Stayed in the Lloyd George room for £175 per night. Had an evening meal which we enjoyed.