4643

 

II  

Designated  

30/03/1951  

24/06/2005  

Corbett Arms Hotel  

 

Gwynedd  

Tywyn  

 

Tywyn  

258907  

300953  

E  

A prominent building occupying the whol of the E side of Corbet Square opposite the church.  

Commercial  

 

An early C19 hotel, originally of 6 bays. It is mentioned as the town's principal hotel in 1833 and is shown on the 1841 Tithe map, on the estate of John Corbet of Ynysmaengwyn. In 1900 (date on building) it was enlarged by adding a further 4 bays, remodelling the original bays and rebuilding the roof to accommodate an attic storey.  

A hotel in late-Georgian style of 10 bays and 3 storeys and attic, of scribed roughcast painted cream, slate roof on deep bracketed eaves, and brick stacks to the front roof slope. Openings are not quite symmetrical. They are grouped 4+6 bays, with the original part of the hotel on the R side and the extension of 1900 on the L. The R-hand has rusticated quoins. The L-hand has rock-faced quoins. Windows are horned sashes with 12-panes in the upper sash and 2 panes in the lower sash. Lower and upper-storey windows have moulded cornices. The middle storey has bracketed cornices with alternate segmental and triangular pediments. The 2 central bays have similar pediments to the upper-storey windows, beneath a gable bearing a coat of arms and a pediment on consoles which is inscribed 'JC 1900AD'. The main entrance is in the 9th bay, and has a C20 glazed porch under a hipped slate roof. The 4th bay also incorporates a panelled door and overlight, under a cornice linked with the window immediately to its L. There are 8 roof dormers with segmental pediments and 16-pane horned sash windows. The R gable end is asymmetrical. On the L side it has sash windows in the middle and upper storeys, of small-panes upper sashes over 2-pane lower sashes. On the R side of the apex are 2 windows in each storey, all sashes similar to the front except for a 2-light inserted window in the lower storey. A 1-bay rear extension has similar windows. The L gable end is of rock-faced stone. It has an added brick stack, small-pane sashes and inserted windows. In the rear elevation the 4 added bays are of snecked rock-faced stone with lighter quoins. Sash windows and dormers are similar to the front. Alternate bays have 2-storey canted bay windows. The centre has a gabled brick stair projection, to which a conservatory has been added. Set back further L the wall is also of rock-faced stone and the return wall of the rear extension, of rubble stone, with windows similar to the front.  

The entrance lobby has a polished-slate fireplace surround. On the L side is a dining room with panelled cross beams on consoles. An axial corridor behind it leads to the early C20 open-well stair, which has moulded square newels and turned balusters. General features include panelled reveals incorporating lozenge panels. Another dining room, in the extension of 1900, also has panelled cross beams on consoles and panelled reveals.  

Listed for its special architectural interest as a prominent building of definite and striking architectural character, its 2 phases representing the development of Tywyn as a resort in the C19, and for its contribution with other buildings in Corbet Square, Red Lion Street and Maengwyn Street, to the historical integrity of the old town centre.