The Joiners Arms

Also known as The Joiners, The Joiners Arms, and The Joiners Tavern 

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The Joiners Arms is believed to have occupied the site of the present Glan yr Afon.

From at least 1850 until 1868 the licensee of the Joiners Arms was Robert Jones, who was also a joiner and builder. The 1851 Census lists Robert Jones, aged 55, a joiner and house builder, living at the Joiners Arms Tavern with his wife Margaret, aged 54, their six children

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In 1864,  Robert Jones of Joiners' Arms was severely reprimanded for "keeping disorderly houses during the past year".

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By 1891 the property appears in the census as Glanrafon, where two households were recorded. William Smith, aged 31, a tailor's cutter, lived there with his wife Rose and their five children, while William Bannister, aged 33, a yacht engine driver, occupied the other house with his wife Annie and their three children.

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Glan yr Afon was refused a public house license around 1970 and it mentions it was once the Joiners Arms.