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
13530
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
17/07/1990  
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001  
Name of Property
Merlin Hotel  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff  
Community
Pontypridd  
Town
Pontypridd  
Locality
Pwllgwaun  
Easting
306708  
Northing
190289  
Street Side
N  
Location
At the junction with Laundry Road.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Dated 1887.  

Exterior
A simple Gothic style public house of 2 storeys with attic, of coursed rock-faced stone with freestone dressings and quoins. The slate roof has brick stacks. The windows are horned sashes under shouldered lintels, except for the pointed attic windows. The bar windows have frosted glass. The Pwllgwaun Road elevations has 3 paired bays, of which the outer bays are advanced and gabled. Laundry Road has a 4-window elevation, alternate bays having gabled attics. The main entrance is on the splayed corner, with a recessed doorcase and inner porch. The chief interest of the building is the especially fine figure of Merlin supported by all the main elements of Welsh folklore. The statue is in the style of Thomas Nicholls who worked for William Burges, most notably on the sculptures at Castell Coch and Cardiff Castle. Merlin stands holding a harp with a goat and a leek at this feet and over the cusping to the front of the domed canopy are 2 dragons. Merlin stands on a polygonal bracket and the niche has a scalloped head. The whole is crowned by a pediment with ornate foliage and dated roundel.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed primarily because of the special interest of the corner statue and its rare subject.  

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