Merlin Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 July 1990. House. 4 related planning applications.
Merlin Hotel
- WRENN ID
- moated-jade-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Merlin Hotel, Pwllgwaun, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF37 1HH
- OS grid reference
- ST 067 902
- Coordinates
- 51.60369, -3.34847
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Merlin Hotel is a two-storey public house with an attic, dating from the 19th century and built of coursed rock-faced stone with freestone dressings and quoins. The slate roof is punctuated by brick stacks. Horned sash windows are set under shouldered lintels, except for the pointed attic windows. The bar windows have frosted glass. The facade facing Pwllgwaun Road features three paired bays, with the outer bays projecting and gabled. The Laundry Road elevation has a four-window front, with alternate bays featuring gabled attics. The main entrance is located on the splayed corner, set within a recessed doorcase and an inner porch.
The building’s most significant feature is a fine statue of Merlin, supported by elements of Welsh folklore. The statue is sculpted in the style of Thomas Nicholls, who worked for William Burges on sculptures at Castell Coch and Cardiff Castle. The statue depicts Merlin holding a harp, with a goat and a leek at his feet, and two dragons above the front of the domed canopy. Merlin stands on a polygonal bracket, and the niche is adorned with scalloped details. The whole composition is topped by a pediment with ornate foliage and a dated roundel.
Local climate
Merlin Hotel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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