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Old Black Lion Hotel

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.4135 / 52°24'48"N

Longitude: -4.0855 / 4°5'7"W

OS Eastings: 258252

OS Northings: 281547

OS Grid: SN582815

Mapcode National: GBR 8R.P4Q8

Mapcode Global: VH4FC.4LJN

Plus Code: 9C4QCW77+CQ

Entry Name: Old Black Lion Hotel

Listing Date: 21 July 1961

Last Amended: 24 November 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 10205

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Yr Hen Lew Du
Yr Hen Lew Du, Aberystwyth

ID on this website: 300010205

Location: Set back from No 14 behind cobbled pavement.

County: Ceredigion

Community: Aberystwyth

Community: Aberystwyth

Built-Up Area: Aberystwyth

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

Tagged with: Pub

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History

Ca 1700 origins and Georgian refronting.

Exterior

3-storey, 3-window scribed render front with rusticated ground floor and plinth. Slate roof, bracket eaves and rubble chimney stack; recessed small pane sash windows, some horned. Slightly off-centre entrance with barley twist piers, wide cornice and boarded doors.

Formerly incorporated cross range to right, now No 18.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

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