Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Lion Hotel
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Newtown, Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, designated on 9 May 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 9 May 1988
- Locality
- Newtown
- Community
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.51482, -3.31474
- Cadw reference
- 8165
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the street line halfway between the junctions with the High Street and Market Street.
History
Mid C18, 2 storey and cellar, 5 window public house.
Exterior
Painted Flemish bond brick on plinth. Moderately pitched slate roof. Dentil eaves cornice. Later brick stack set forward of ridge to right, modern stack to left. Early, 12 pane, flush framed sash windows, set under eaves. Timber sills. Similar to ground floor, but horned with gauged brick flat heads. 1 to right of door, 2 to left. Stone sills.
Plain C19 doorcase, dripboard. Large rectangular fanlight. Modern door. Later chamfered corner to building on right. Carriageway to extreme left. Heavy frame, soldier arch. C19 plaster lion on brackets over.
Cobbled former stableyard to rear with weatherboarded outbuildings.
1930's touring club,"winged wheel", plaque affixed to front elevation.
Nearby in the register
- Eric Williams & SonCommercialunder 1 mi
- House to rear of No. 31 Market StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Angel PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- 31 Market StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.