Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen-y-Bont (formerly Penrhyn Arms Inn)
Ysbyty Ifan, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ysbyty Ifan, Conwy, designated on 8 April 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 8 April 1997
- Locality
- Ysbyty Ifan
- Community
- Ysbyty Ifan
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.02419, -3.72800
- Cadw reference
- 18304
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently located in the centre of the village at the W approach to Pont Ysbyty Ifan.
History
Late C18 or early C19 inn, formerly the `Penrhyn Arms', after Lord Penrhyn of Penrhyn Castle, owner of the estate from 1856. Alterations and improvements appear to have been carried out during the third quarter C19, after Penrhyn's acquisition. These included the addition of the adjoining farmhouse and continuous (re)-roofing with it, together with a substantial rejustification of the rear and S gable end. The building is currently (November 1996) used as offices and for domestic purposes.
Exterior
Large 3-storey, 3-window building of random rubble construction with medium-pitched slate roof, continuous with the adjacent Pen-y-Bont farmhouse. Shared stone chimney to R with simple cornice and weathercoursing; small, simple brick end chimney to L. Entrance at L via a late C19 slate-slab porch with plain wooden bargeboard and segmental opening; part-glazed door with narrow 3-pane vertical window incorporated to R. Recessed 16-pane unhorned sash windows to ground and first floors, with projecting slate cills and cambered red brick heads; those to the first floor are one header deep, the ground-floor heads are double. Square 12-pane sashes to third floor, under the eaves. Symmetrical rear facade with central boarded door and flanking 6-pane sash windows to ground floor. 12-pane casements to upper floors, those to the first taller and, as with ground-floor openings, with dressed slate lintels; large ground-floor window with modern glazing to S (road-facing) gable.
Interior
This was not inspected at the time of survey (November 1996), though is currently used as office space.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a late C18 or early C19 village inn in a prominent central position.
Group value with other listed items in the village centre.
Nearby in the register
- Pen-y-Bont FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Agricultural Range at Pen-y-BontAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cartshed at Pen-y-BontAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- 1 Mill StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.