The Unicorn P.H., Dolgellau, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7422 / 52°44'32"N

Longitude: -3.8846 / 3°53'4"W

OS Eastings: 272873

OS Northings: 317732

OS Grid: SH728177

Mapcode National: GBR 91.06U8

Mapcode Global: WH56P.9BGL

Plus Code: 9C4RP4R8+V5

Entry Name: The Unicorn P.H.

Listing Date: 19 June 1990

Last Amended: 19 June 1990

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 5071

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Unicorn Inn
Unicorn Inn, Dolgellau

ID on this website: 300005071

Location: Set back from the street line alongside the Clifton House Hotel.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Dolgellau

Built-Up Area: Dolgellau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Pub

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History

cl700.

Exterior

House with end chimney to left end and lateral stack to right rear. Front eaves raised in early Cl9 and doorway moved to extreme right of front elevation. 3 storey, 3 window. Rubble masonry. Gently pitched quarry slate roof to front, steeper original pitch but modern slates to rear. Plain eaves, close verges. Tall square stack to left, water tabling.
Three Victorian sash windows to all floors, stone lintels, that to centre on ground floor was formerly doorway. Cl9 doorway to extreme right. Dripboard over plain doorcase, modern door
Lateral stack to left on rear elevation, slated gablet, tall square stack, water tabling. Hipped dormer to right, rubble cheeks, Victorian sash window. Various modern accretions to ground floor.

Interior

Transverse ceiling beams to interior. Those flanking original entrance passage to centre stop chamfered.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with Clifton House and Plas Coch.

External Links

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II Thresher's Wine Merchants
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II Mervinian House
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II Bennar House
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II Sunday Newsagents
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The Unicorn P.H.

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd