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Cernioge Mawr;Cerniogau Mawr

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NPRN26964
Map ReferenceSH95SW
Grid ReferenceSH9055050400
Unitary (Local) AuthorityConwy
Old CountyDenbighshire
CommunityPentrefoelas
Type Of SiteHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. 19th century early stone, two storey, slate roof, gabled porch. Good contemporary staircase.

2. Cernioge was at one time an inn and staging post on Thomas Telford's road to Holyhead. Its earliest mention as licensed premises is in 1772, before the road was turnpiked in 1777. It was variously called the Price Llewellyn and the Kings Hotel, and was described as a miserable inn until c1810, which was when Telford was conducting his survey of the road. Telford's reconstruction of the turnpike was opened here in April 1821, and the inn flourished, with stabling for 69 horses and ample space for coaches, until 1839 when the licence was lost in favour of the Foelas Arms at Pentrefoelas 3.6km to the west. A stable block on the north side of the road almost certainly dates from this period of prosperity. Telford's milestones give distances to Cernioge in miles and furlongs.
W J Crompton, RCAHMW, 6th February 2020.