| Status | Possible Medieval watermill and associated building enclosed in Georgian facade and Victorian Additions |
| Location | The Square, Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°58′50″N 3°22′23″W |
Owain Glyndwr Hotel (formerly New Inn)
An impressive early 18th century coaching inn with evidence of an earlier, possibly Medieval structure veneath.
The present main frontage dates from c1723 to c1740 with an extension on the eastern wing dating from c1890 and affectionately known to locals as “the bottom bar”.
Formerly known as the “New Inn” it is reputed to be the setting for the first National Eisteddfod to which the public were admitted in 1789.
Archwilio PRN 19157
Link to Database of Listed Buildings in Wales 2016
History Points
Owain Glyndŵr Hotel, Corwen – History Points
https://historypoints.org/uploads/images/photos/corwen_owain_glyndwr_hotel_employees_1871.jpg
Compare the two images from today to this one (from the People’s Collection, Wales) circa 1886. Note the portrait above the door, which can be seen today, although faded and sorry looking. Plus note the original Georgian arched porch, which is now a rather grand Romanesque portico, and the old church lych-gate (which was “modernised” in 1887. see the first image with the lych-gate roof now going North/South)
Image above is circa 1910, again, the possibly original portrait over the door, but now black painted stone Romanesque portico, which came from some other grand place.
Somewhere around the 1970s the whole building was rendered, and has undergone a few colour changes over the more recent decades, even red and primrose at some point.
