Heritage Plaques
- Structures
The Crown Inn
CF47 8DP
A fine example of an
18th century coaching inn which retains many original features.
Grade II Listed
Description
Dated 1785, later alterations.
Long 2-storey simple Georgian front of painted render with incised coursing, simplified pilasters. Steep slate roof with two tall brick stacks, boarded eaves. 6 windows, replacement sashes with small glazing bars, deeper reveals on left; centre first-floor surround linked vertically to doorcase below, open pediment with fluted pilasters over arched fanlight (modern door). Carriage arch with ironwork gate and scrolly bracket to cobbled yard entry on right.
Dated 1785, later alterations.
Long 2-storey simple Georgian front of painted render with incised coursing, simplified pilasters. Steep slate roof with two tall brick stacks, boarded eaves. 6 windows, replacement sashes with small glazing bars, deeper reveals on left; centre first-floor surround linked vertically to doorcase below, open pediment with fluted pilasters over arched fanlight (modern door). Carriage arch with ironwork gate and scrolly bracket to cobbled yard entry on right.
The plaque read:
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Crown Inn
1785
Built as a coaching Inn on the site of an earlier thatched property.
Note the iron gates and carriage arch to the right hand side of the building
leading to a cobbled courtyard where coaches from Cardigan were berthed.
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There is a very good piece on the 19th century history of the Crown Inn being published in the next volume of Merthyr Historian, before the end of the year. It tells you so much more than about the Inn itself, too. (CT, editor.)
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