The Red Lion Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1973. Public house.
The Red Lion Inn
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1973
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Red Lion Inn, Llandybie Village, Ammanford, Llandybie
- OS grid reference
- SN 617 155
- Coordinates
- 51.82158, -4.00725
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Red Lion Inn is a two-storey public house dating from the 19th century, featuring six windows that face directly onto the road, following a slight curve. The building is constructed of creamwashed rubble masonry, with the north-east corner slightly rounded. It has a slate roof with a tile ridge and slightly sprocketted eaves. Ornamental brackets are positioned above the windows. There are four pairs of rebuilt brick stacks set diagonally on rendered square bases. The sides and rear are plain-rendered and cream-colored.
The rear elevation includes a centrally located staircase projection, and to the east, there is a later parallel range with two windows and fire-escape stairs. To the west, there are irregular recent catslide extensions, along with a single-storey extension at the west end. The 19th-century sash windows have four panes in exposed frames, set in cambered-head openings with brick arches and stone sills. One of the lower windows has been walled up.
The central doorway features a cambered head and is framed by a flat-topped porch in a simplified classical style, supported by thin timber columns, with an architrave and a plain cornice above the brackets. The porch has two round columns on low stone bases. The doorway itself is outlined in plain render and contains a six-panel door, with the bottom panels flush, and a rectangular overlight. A small metal plate on the transom reads 'Air raid warden'.
The layout of the original single-depth inn or farmhouse is still evident, with the stairs wing projecting opposite the entrance, although the bar interiors have been altered.
Local climate
The Red Lion Inn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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