Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Crown Inn
Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Town, Merthyr Tydfil, designated on 13 January 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 13 January 1988
- Community
- Town
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.74376, -3.37801
- Cadw reference
- 11436
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Towards the S end of High Street where road narrows.
History
Dated 1785, later alterations.
Exterior
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.
Nearby in the register
- Ironwork Fountain CanopyIndustrialunder 1 mi
- St Tydfil's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gates & Railings at St Tydfil's ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- High Street Baptist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.