Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nicholls Arms PH
Llangynwyd Lower, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 23 October 1998
- Locality
- Goetre-hen
- Town
- Llangynwyd Lower
- Community
- Llangynwyd Lower
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.56027, -3.60121
- Cadw reference
- 20745
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of Scotland
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
The building stands on a steeply sloping corner site, facing the minor Nicholls Road running W off the main A4063 Maesteg to Bridgend Road.
History
Built probably in the early C19 as a public inn in an isolated position to serve travellers on the Llynfi valley road. In 1875 it was known as the Nicholl Arms, named after Sir John Nicholl, MP and industrial entrepreneur of Merthyr-mawr.
Exterior
Roughcasted and whitewashed over stone, with a slate roof. Two storeys, 3 bays. Symmetrical elevation with rendered end stacks and an outbuilding added after 1875 at the upper, W, end. Central framed and boarded timber door with a narrow plain overlight. Twelve-paned sash windows without horns, set in surrounds painted black. A large panel over the front door carries the name. A later C20 restaurant extension with a flat roof extends to the rear.
Interior
Interior modernised, but beams representing the former cross passage from the front door remain. Stone gable fireplace.
Reason for designation
Included as a building retaining externally the character of an early C19 roadside inn.
Nearby in the register
- Walls flanking the inclined plane joining the Bettws tramway to the DLP Railway.Transportunder 1 mi
- Cildeudy tunnelIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Abutments to overbridge/ loading bay on the former Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl RailwayIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Pont-y-rhyd-ddu (partly in Garw Valley community)Communicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.