Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
1343
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/10/1990
Date of Amendment
28/01/2004
Name of Property
The Blue Lion Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Cynwyd
Town
Locality
Cynwyd
Easting
305677
Northing
341115
Street Side
E
Location
Prominently sited at the crossroads in the centre of the village, at a splayed angle to the road.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Mid-C19 Public House shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1891.
Exterior
Two-storey building of rubble stone with high plinth and slate roof; central stone ridge stack, stone end stack to R return, red brick stack to L end. Outbuilding forward to L end and splayed corner to R. Four-window main front with casement windows; the R-hand windows to both floors are distinctive for their small diamond-paned glazing, 2-light to 1st floor and 3-light below with cambered voussoired head. The 3 x 1st floor windows to L are all 9-pane metal-framed casements; some alterations indicated by masonry joint. The main entrance is to R between the 3rd and 4th bays; porch of cast-iron columns with foliated capitals and bulbous bases; inside is a 4-panel door with overlight. Camber-headed 6-pane window to L, 4-panel door with flat head beyond and paired 6-pane windows to L end with continuous lintel.
At the R end of the building is the splayed 3-window gabled corner with cambered voussoired openings; blocked up window to centre over 4-panel door, flanked by diamond glazed windows as before. Dummy window to 1st floor R; tiny recess to the gable. The R return has 2 further diamond-glazed windows, 2-light over 3-light. Two small-pane casements to rear above a brick lean-to, and cross gable with stack.
Projecting at right-angles to the L of the front is a former coach-house and stable range; this is stepped forward midway along. Cambered carriage arch to R with brick voussoirs and boarded doors; to L is a boarded door and blocked square window both with deep stone lintels. C20 plain-glazed window above carriage arch; similar window to roadside gable; blocked door on N side.
Interior
Interior modernised. The front entrance leads into the public bar, with altered fireplace with large timber lintel straight ahead. The bar counter is in the splayed bay to the R end, with the lounge bar to its rear in R return. Private area to L of front entrance.
Reason for designation
Listed as a Public House retaining good C19 character, and in a prominent position in the centre of the village.
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