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Latitude: 51.7125 / 51°42'44"N
Longitude: -3.4456 / 3°26'44"W
OS Eastings: 300217
OS Northings: 202515
OS Grid: SO002025
Mapcode National: GBR HL.360P
Mapcode Global: VH6D3.7782
Plus Code: 9C3RPH63+XP
Entry Name: The Black Lion Hotel
Listing Date: 10 January 1991
Last Amended: 10 January 1991
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 10866
Building Class: Commercial
Also known as: Black Lion Hotel
Black Lion Hotel, Aberdare
ID on this website: 300010866
Location: Prominently sited facing NE down Victoria Square; on corner with Monk Street. Iron railings to the front. Formerly with long garden stretching down the hill.
County: Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community: Aberdare (Aberdâr)
Community: Aberdare East
Built-Up Area: Aberdare
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Hotel
Late Cl8/early Cl9 late Georgian.
3-storey, 2 3-window front, rendered to 1st and 2nd floors and with rusticated ground floor; vermiculated quoins, pilasters to the ends of both sections rising from 1st floor sill band. Slate roof with parapet to the front; chimney stacks removed as well as dormers. Black Lion emblem to right. Architraves to l6-pane sash windows on 1st and 2nd floors. Main entrance is in the centre of the 3-window part; porch with cylindrical cast iron columns raised on stone plinths; octagonal bases and capitals. Ionic pilasters flank the entrance with panelled reveals, 4-panel door and frosted lettering to overlight. Either side are 2 flatly splayed timber bays with casement glazing and leaded lights to top; reeded colonnettes with bulbous bases and capitals and toothed band below fascia which has interlaced ogee pattern. To left, in 2-window section is a similar bay and at extreme left 2 sashes without glazing bars but with tall vermiculated keystones.
2-window right gable end to Monk Street with l2 pane sashes over modern bar windows; sill band painted on and continuing across the 2-storey cross range including the gable end to the right parallel to the main front. This latter range has 3-window elevation facing SW with horned l2 pane sash windows; modern extensions to ground floor. Attached wall screens yard; at right angle is a taller rubble range with cambered arch to ground floor. Former coach house.
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