A community in Corwen have launched a £500,000 appeal to save a historic hotel. The Owain Glyndŵr Hotel is being offered to the community for a knockdown price, but residents only have until July 1 of this year to raise the money needed.
The Denbighshire hotel is said to be one of Wales' most famous hotels, where the first public Eisteddfod was held and as suggested by the name has close ties with the last native Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr. The hotel also stands on Corwen's London Road, which is a section of the A5 from London to Holyhead which has carried Roman Legions, horse-drawn mail coaches and now motorists for almost 2,000 years.
The hotel, which is a Grade II-listed building, is one of just eight remaining coaching inns on the A5. Its current owner, Ifor Sion, has been at the helm for 25 years but put the building on the market three years ago. The owner has offered the building for just £300,000.
