Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Griffin Public House
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Ruthin, Denbighshire, designated on 24 June 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 24 June 1999
- Locality
- Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.12414, -3.28028
- Cadw reference
- 21929
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 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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently-sited on a bend of the road in the centre of the village group, opposite the church.
History
Second-quarter or mid C19 village inn, built in vernacular C19 Gothic style as part of a series of new estate buildings erected for the Llanbedr Hall estate.
Exterior
Two-storey village inn, in Rustic Tudorbethan style. Of whitened rubble construction with slated roof; oversailing eaves and verges, the latter with plain bargeboards. Brick end chimneys with simple cornicing. Symmetrical 3-bay main front, with the central, entrance bay advanced slightly and gabled. This has a later hipped-roofed open porch, raised up slightly and approached via a short flight of brick steps. The porch is supported by two pairs of plain pilasters at the front; boarded and studded main door. Chamfered stone surrounds to windows, with projecting stone sills; each has its original tripartite cast-iron glazing, with diagonal, lattice-design bars and cusped heads to the lights. Further, similar windows to the R return, with modern, single-storey extension. Hipped-roofed projection recessed to the L gable, with a long, lower addition adjoining to the NE, parallel with the road; a short stretch of whitened rubble wall connects the latter with the W corner of the main block.
Interior
Modern interiors with largely C20 detail.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a second-quarter or mid C19 village inn retaining good external 'estate' character within the village.
Group value with other listed items in Llanbedr village.
Nearby in the register
- Gatepiers and Gates at Church of St PeterReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The GatehouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lloyd Monument at Church of St PeterCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of St PeterReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.