Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18884
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/09/1997
Date of Amendment
19/09/1997
Name of Property
The Black Lion Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Ceulanamaesmawr
Town
Aberystwyth
Locality
Talybont
Easting
265498
Northing
289205
Street Side
E
Location
Situated in centre of Talybont facing SW over the triangular green.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Mid C19 coaching inn, probably built after 1847 when Talybont Farmhouse, owned by the Gogerddan estate was marked on the Tithe Map on this site.
Exterior
Squared green-grey dolerite with slate eaves roof and stone end stacks, corniced in slate. Long two-storey, five-window front possibly remodelled from earlier building, as right two windows are closer spaced and there is some different stonework in the lower angles. Paired brackets to eaves. Round arched windows with stone voussoirs, slate sills and casement-pair glazing with fixed Y-tracery fanlights. Centre half-glazed door, Y-tracery fanlight in porch on 4 timber octagonal posts with simple corniced flat top. Glazed panels between post heads. Right end wall has 12-pane first floor sash with brick head. Rear has 12-pane sashes to right and added extension to left.
Interior
Reason for designation
A substantial coaching inn within a picturesque C19 facade, unusual in the overall use of arched openings.
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