14769

 

II  

Designated  

11/08/1994  

05/08/1997  

The Pen-y-bont Inn  

 

Conwy  

Abergele  

Abergele  

Abergele  

294723  

377546  

N  

Situated in the centre of Abergele, immediately beside the Gele Bridge and close to the junction of Bridge Street and Market Street.  

Commercial  

 

Early to mid C19 late-Georgian inn said to have been built in 1820's; and with later alterations.  

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.  

 

Listed for the special architectural quality that distinguishes the late-Georgian front.