The Maesgwynne Arms Hotel

The Maesgwynne Arms Hotel is a hotel, likely dating from the 18th century, constructed of coursed sandstone ashlar with slate roofs and stone stacks. The symmetrical front facade facing the road has three gables: two broad, two-window gables with overhanging verges, and a narrower, lower, one-window entrance gable that slightly projects between them. The entrance gable features a doorway with an overlight, flanked by narrow, pointed glazed loops, an upper 12-pane sash window, and a pedimental gable with overhanging verges and a timber finial. The doorway has a hoodmould, and the first-floor window is slightly set back with thin pilasters on either side and a console keystone; the pedimental gable has tiny corbels beneath. Flanking ranges have two windows on each of the main floors and one in the attic. The right gable has an apex chimney. A photograph from around 1975 shows two gables with ornate fretted bargeboards and long timber finials, one of which survives on the porch gable. The three-window eastern side has matching sash windows and matching end stacks. The western side has a similar four-window range with a double three-panel door with an overlight in the second bay from the left, under a shallow dripstone, and chimney stacks on the ridge and left end. A large, attached service range runs at a right angle to the left, extending westwards. This range is stuccoed with a stone end stack and has a three-storey, two-window southern front with nine-pane square attic lights, 12-pane first-floor windows (both 20th-century replacements for sashes), and larger 12-pane ground-floor windows (also 20th-century replacements). The western end gable of the service range is windowless, while the north rear wall has a stair window. The rear of the main range has a recessed central section with a long, small-paned stair-light, a left wing with a first-floor 12-pane sash window set to the right, and a longer right wing with a centre sash on the eastern face. Ground-floor features are obscured by lean-to additions. The interior was not available for inspection at the time of survey.