The Unicorn Inn PH is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 October 1977. Hall.
The Unicorn Inn PH
- WRENN ID
- empty-tallow-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff North MP: Anna McMorrin (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1977
- Type
- Hall
- Address
- The Unicorn Inn PH, Llanedeyrn, Old St. Mellons, CF3 6YA
- OS grid reference
- ST 220 820
- Coordinates
- 51.53182, -3.12506
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Unicorn Inn is a village inn that consists of two sections, with the older wing on the right closest to the churchyard, and a left wing that likely dates from the late 19th century. The right wing is constructed of whitewashed stone rubble, topped with a concrete tile roof and a renewed brick chimney. The left wing features rustic style masonry with painted brick details and a Welsh slate roof, complete with an end chimney. The building is two storeys high.
In the right wing, there is a small two-light casement window under the eaves, and on the ground floor, a slightly larger two-light casement window is present, along with a 20th-century lean-to porch to the left. The gable end on the right is integrated into the churchyard wall. The left wing has higher eaves and features a segmental headed tripartite window on the ground floor, while the first floor has a three-light window with a black and white half-timbered gable above it. Attached to the left is a single-storey, L-shaped wing with a hipped roof made of painted stone. The rear elevation includes a cross-wing with a wide gable.
Inside the older unit, there is an open fireplace with stairs beside it, which has been partly remodelled. The interior also features chamfered and stopped cross beams, along with remnants of a curved stone staircase.
Local climate
The Unicorn Inn PH sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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