Radnorshire Arms

The Radnorshire Arms is a well-preserved Jacobean building in the Welsh border town of Presteigne, in Powys. The building has the date 1616 over its door but it is claimed it dates to the 16th century, once owned by Sir Christopher Hatton, a lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England and rumoured lover of Queen Elizabeth I.

Photo: Percy Benzie Abery, CC0.

Type: Hotel
Description: pub in Presteigne, Powys, Wales
Also known as: “Radnorshire Arms Hotel” and “Radnorshire Arms Hotel, Presteigne”
Address: High Street, Presteigne, LD8 2BE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shire Hall and Presteigne Library.

Shire Hall

Museum

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Shire Hall is a municipal structure in Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Wales. The building incorporates a well-preserved courtroom and a museum known as "the Judge's Lodging". Once the judicial centre for Radnorshire, is a Grade II* listed building. Shire Hall is situated 830 feet southeast of Radnorshire Arms.

Presteigne Library

Library

Photo: Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Presteigne Library is situated 720 feet southeast of Radnorshire Arms.

The Royal Oak

Pub

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Royal Oak is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norton and Combe.

Norton

Village

Norton is a village in Presteigne community, Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales. In 1086, Norton was recorded as a settlement within the hundred of Leintwardine and in the county of Shropshire in the Domesday Book. Norton is situated 1½ miles north of Radnorshire Arms.

Combe

Hamlet

Combe is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire on the border with Wales. The village lies 4 km east of Presteigne near the confluence of the Hindwell Brook and the River Lugg. Combe is situated 2 miles east of Radnorshire Arms.