The Swallow Falls Inn has reopened following a multi-million-pound refurbishment by The Inn Collection Group.

The inn, named after its proximity to Wales’ highest continuous waterfall, was acquired in November 2021 and has since undergone sympathetic alterations by The Inn Collection Group to align with their pub with rooms vision.

The Swallow Falls Inn offers 38 contemporary-styled rooms, with the conversion of the former function room offering 10 new bedroom spaces. This will be alongside the newly refurbished restaurant, complete with outdoor seating. Keen to maintain its previous camping provisions, the inn has retained its campsite and the former onsite ‘Tavern’ has been converted to provide facilities for the outdoors including showers, bikes stores and a dry room facility. The inn has also renovated its camping ‘pods’, offering a range of outdoor accommodation.

We have led designs for the refurbishment as lead designer and architect. Having worked with the stakeholders many times before, we bring a wealth of experience in sympathetically restoring buildings, celebrating their heritage while ensuring their durability for the future.

The inn situated near the beautiful village Betws-y-Coed dates back to the 19th century, having provided hospitality for more than 150 years to the many visitors wanting to stay near this iconic Welsh waterfall as well as exploring the surrounding countryside.

Simon Rennison-Rae, partner at GSSArchitecture, has expressed, ‘We are so pleased to deliver another successful project with The Inn Collection Group. It is a testament to the whole team that we have been able to deliver and turn this challenging site into a thriving visitor destination again. The hotel has been fully renovated both inside and out to maximise its offering to go and explore the best of the Welsh outdoors in this stunning location’.

Anna Atkinson, Project Manager at The Inn Collection Group, said: “We are delighted to have worked with GSSArchitecture on the transformation of The Swallow Falls Inn. It’s truly an iconic site in a spectacular location and we’re proud to have brought it into our collection.

“It was important to us that the refurbishment reflected the character and heritage of the building, whilst ensuring it was ready to welcome guests with the comfort, charm and quality they’ve come to expect from us. GSSArchitecture played a key role in doing this. We’re excited for our guests to enjoy this much loved inn once again.”

We have worked closely with The Inn Collection Group across a number of projects and more recently helping them to grow their pub with rooms estate in Wales. Our previous work with them has included the iconic Tynemouth Castle Inn in Tynemouth and Offshore in Lytham Saint Annes. Work starts shortly on site in another site in North Wales with more news to follow.