Rising Sun
Cwmavon RoadAbersychan
NP4 8PP
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A corridor leads to a characterful intimate (and child-free!) public bar with a restored inglenook fireplace with log-burning stove and an old disused stairwell upon which various items like earthenware jugs are displayed. A high back settle runs alongside one wall while horse brasses are fixed to an old thick wooden beam over the fireplace. Further on, the corridor leads to a cosy split level lounge with another log stove. Dotted about the walls are various pictures of the general locality. The lounge gives access to the spacious dining room that doubles as a function room. The guest ales are usually Welsh and changed weekly. Running alongside the garden is an old railway track bed that once led to Blaenavon Low Level station in the north;