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{{Short description|Hotel in Capel Curig, Conwy, Wales}}
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[[File:Cobdens Hotel (geograph 3183697).jpg|thumb|250px|The hotel in 2012]]
'''Cobden's Hotel''' is a 19th-century hotel in [[Capel Curig]], [[Conwy County Borough|Conwy]], Wales. It became famous after it was bought by the celebrated cricketer [[Frank Cobden]] and is reputedly haunted.
==Location==
The hotel is on the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]], a major road through North Wales, to the east of the village centre and the junction with the A4086 to [[Llanberis]]. It is next to the banks of the [[River Llugwy]], and in the [[Snowdonia]] National Park.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Wales|author=Catherine Le Nevez, Paul Whitfield|publisher=Rough Guides|page=347|year=2012|isbn=978-1-409-35902-9}}</ref><ref name=coflein/> The grounds of the hotel extends out to the river. It is also a popular stopping point for canoeing along the river.<ref name=bn>{{cite news|url=https://businessnewswales.com/250-year-old-snowdonia-hotel-comes-market/|title=250 Year-Old Snowdonia Hotel Comes to Market|work=Business News Wales|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=4 March 2019}}</ref>
==History==
The hotel was originally known as Tan-y-Bwlch ("under the pass").<ref name=post2019>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/snowdonia-hotel-once-owned-famous-16866543|title=Snowdonia hotel once owned by famous cricketer set to reopen|work=North Wales Daily Post|date=4 September 2019}}</ref> It was bought by the [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] and [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] cricketer [[Frank Cobden]] in 1890. The hotel became subsequently well-known because of Cobden's celebrity status. He sold the hotel in 1907 and retired; dying in Capel Curig in 1932 aged 83.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/historic-snowdonia-hotel-once-owned-6718647|title=Historic Snowdonia hotel once owned by celebrated cricketer is up for sale|work=North Wales Daily Post|date=17 February 2014|accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref>
Cobden's subsequently became popular as a stopping point for walkers around [[Snowdonia]]. Frank Cobden's daughter, Evelyn, is reported to haunt the property. Several guests have claimed to have seen ghosts, particularly in one room with an outside balcony. A subsequent owner has suggested Evelyn is a "benign presence" in the property.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/notoriously-haunted-snowdonia-hotel-christmas-17258905|title=The 'notoriously haunted' Snowdonia hotel which had its own Christmas ghost|work=North Wales Daily Post|date=8 December 2019|accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=cobdens-hotel-capel-curig|title=Cobden's Hotel, Capel Curig|website=historypoints.org|accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref>
The business closed in 2016. The following year, it was put on the market with a guide price of £450,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/you-can-now-buy-250-13344884|title=You can now buy this 250-year-old hotel which was once owned by a famous sportsman|work=Wales Online|date=4 March 2020}}</ref> It has since re-opened.<ref name=post2019/>
==Architecture==
The hotel is a two storey building with an additional attic, and features arch-headed windows.<ref name=coflein>{{Coflein|num=411442|desc=Tan-y-Bwlch; Cobdens Hotel|accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref> It includes a Mountain Bar at the rear of the property, which is built around a fresh water stream running through a rock.<ref name=bn/>
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[[Category:Hotels in Conwy County Borough]]
[[Category:Hotels in Snowdonia]]
[[Category:Reportedly haunted locations in Wales]]