Llanrumney Hall Hotel

The Llanrumney Hall is the massive building that squats at the bottom of Ball Road that you think may once have looked quite majestic before the local rot set in and gave birth to the dilapidated monstrosity that it is now. It’s a shame, because the Hall is quite a lovely building; set alongside a field and highlighted by a backdrop of beautiful trees, you get the sense that it was once something the local community could be proud of.
Not so much anymore. The heavy steel gating surrounding the building and the fact that most of the letters have fallen off the side kind of hinders that.
Now the place is of interest for only two reasons; firstly, it serves as the local pub for the bottom of Llanrumney. And when I say local, I’m talking League Of Gentlemen local. Unless you’ve been going there your entire life, you don’t belong there, and the punters will have no qualms about letting you know in the least polite manner possible.
The second reason is because the hall is reputed to have been the home of one Captain Morgan (yep. The rum) who is said to still haunt the place. Twaddle, possibly, but a fascinating piece of local colour.