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
14769
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/08/1994
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
The Pen-y-bont Inn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Abergele
Town
Abergele
Locality
Abergele
Easting
294723
Northing
377546
Street Side
N
Location
Situated in the centre of Abergele, immediately beside the Gele Bridge and close to the junction of Bridge Street and Market Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Early to mid C19 late-Georgian inn said to have been built in 1820's; and with later alterations.
Exterior
Painted roughcast stone front with slate roof, red brick gable chimneys and overhanging eaves. Two-storey and attic, 3-window central block with gabled dormers and 2-storey splayed bays flanking the central entrance; the sills of the bays are at plinth level and the ground floor glazing bars have been removed. Casement windows to attic and small-pane sash glazing below, mostly horned; 16-pane window to centre over the central entrance, which has a bracketed hood and modern door with overlight. One-window extension to left, stepped down with hipped roof, horned 12-pane sash and offset doorway. The ground floor is deeply cut back, and behind there is a rubble cross range backing on to the river. To right, where the eaves have been raised, is a flat carriage arch with keystone and boarded gates; 12-pane sash over. Gable stacks. Rear has sliding-sash attic windows, one small-pane sash and an extension; modernised cross range, formerly stables.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for the special architectural quality that distinguishes the late-Georgian front.
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