The Greenhouse Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 May 1951. Public house.

The Greenhouse Public House

WRENN ID
other-copper-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 May 1951
Type
Public house
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Greenhouse Public House is an inn dating from the 18th century, constructed of whitewashed rubble stone with stone tiles on its close-eaved roofs. It is two storeys high and features a double-fronted main range with rendered end stacks, alongside a lower, longer range to the right that has four irregular bays and a corbelled stack on the end wall, suggesting it is also likely from the early period.

The main range includes two long upper timber casement windows, with the left window featuring a transom and top lights, and two larger lower three-light windows adorned with early 19th-century hoodmoulds. The right upper window also has a transom and top lights. The central entrance door is set within a remodelled but originally early 18th-century curved-topped timber porch that has a leaded roof. Above the door is a timber tympanum that encloses a plaque from 1719, which features high relief carving depicting an inn scene with two tiny figures smoking pipes, a table with a glass, candle, and mug, along with the inscription 'Y Ty Gwyrdd 1719 Cwrw da/ a seidir i chwi/ Dewch y mewn/ chwi gewch y brofi' (Good beer and cider to you, come in and try). The heavy bobbin turned posts are 20th-century replacements, while the heavy moulded side lintels are original. The windows are leaded with iron opening lights, likely from the early 18th century but possibly renewed in the early 19th century. The door is a 20th-century addition within an 18th-century moulded frame.

The lower range to the left features similar leaded windows, including a first-floor pair of six-light windows, another pair, and a three-light window. The ground floor has hoodmoulds above a three-light window, a pair of windows in a former door, and a three-light window, with a blocked door in the last bay that lacks a hoodmould. The end wall has a brick corner, but the external chimney breast, which has moulded corbelling, appears to be from the 18th century, with the stack removed. There is a metal roof vent on the ridge.

Inside the main part of the building, the space has been opened up to create a single room featuring two plain chamfered beams. A plank door with iron strap hinges leads to the rear wall, set in a bead-moulded oak frame within a recess that has a timber lintel. Stairs lead up from the rear, which is boarded in.

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