Old red sandstone inn with a steep slate roof, timber porch and painted name across the front

The Lion Inn

Church Street, Trellech NP25 4PA

Grade C · TraditionTrading · checked Sept 2026

The Lion Inn claims 1580. No earlier record has been found.

Claimed: 1580
First record: none found
Building: no single date

The building. A house of probably about 1700, give or take, with a rear outshut of about 1800 and a second added in the late 20th century (Cadw 24924).

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Hatched: 446 years claimed with no document found yet.

The claim

Overlooking the church in the Wye Valley village of Trellech, the Lion says it was built in 1580 as a coaching inn, brewhouse and smallholding; Cadw dates the house to about 1700 and lists it as an early 18th-century village inn. The oldest part, the Lion's Den, has low ceilings, exposed beams and an open fire. It is known for real ale, cider and perry festivals.

What the records show

The pub says it was built in 1580 as a coaching inn, brewhouse and smallholding. Cadw's full report, read on 17 September 2026, dates the house to probably about 1700, allowing that it could fall either side of that, with a rear outshut of about 1800 and a second from the late 20th century when the house was refurbished. It describes red sandstone rubble under Welsh slate, a two-storey and garret central-entry plan one room deep with the stair at the back, and a ground floor since opened out into one bar space with the line of the central passage still readable. Cadw designated it on 28 February 2001 as a good early 18th-century village inn and for its group value at the centre of Trellech. So the register reads the house as a generation or two younger than the pub's own date, and nothing traced records drink sold here in 1580.

What to look for inside

Claimed 1580 coaching inn and brewhouse
Hosts ale, cider and perry festivals

Visiting

The Lion Inn is in Trellech, Wales, at Church Street, Trellech NP25 4PA. We do not list opening times, because they change; the pub’s own site is the place to check before you set out.

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