The Lemon Tree

The Lemon Tree is an independently owned restaurant, bar and hotel in Rhosddu, Wrexham, North Wales. It occupies Abbotsfield, a Grade II listed neo-Gothic building on the corner of Grosvenor Road and Rhosddu Road. The building was designed in the 1860s by local architect James Reynolds Gummow as a private residence for Edward Jones and was constructed between 1863 and 1865. It later served as the home of local surgeon John Arthur Eyton-Jones, an Area Education Office for Denbighshire and later Clwyd council, and during the World Wars one wing housed the Abbotsfield Priory War Nursery. The council sold the building in the 1970s and it became the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel in 1982, a family-run hotel with fourteen bedrooms by 1995. In 2000 the building was converted into Graffiti Italiano, an Italian restaurant. It is now The Lemon Tree restaurant, bar and independently owned hotel, with twelve and later eighteen bedrooms. The hotel building underwent a complete refurbishment in March 2010, when the name The Lemon Tree was added, and was further renovated in 2020–21. In December 2014 the restaurant was taken over by locals Sam Regan and his wife Emma. The restaurant serves food the owners describe as modern British. The Lemon Tree operates as a small hospitality business in Wrexham, combining a restaurant, bar and hotel within a historic listed building.

The building that now houses The Lemon Tree is Abbotsfield, a Grade II listed neo-Gothic building in Rhosddu, Wrexham, North Wales. It was designed in the 1860s by local architect James Reynolds Gummow as a private residence for Edward Jones. It was the first house built on the Rhosddu end of Grosvenor Road and was constructed from 1863 to 1865. In 1895 it was the home of John Arthur Eyton-Jones, a local surgeon. It later became an Area Education Office for the Denbighshire and later Clwyd council. During the World Wars, one wing of the building served as the Abbotsfield Priory War Nursery. The council later sold the building in the 1970s and it became a hotel in 1982 as the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel, a family-run hotel with fourteen bedrooms by 1995. When it became a hotel and a bar in the 1970s and 1980s, various older pieces of other older Wrexham buildings were moved into the building, such as a mahogany bar from the Raglan Arms on Lambpit Street, with the mahogany structure serving as the building's bar. In 2000 the building was converted into Graffiti Italiano, an Italian restaurant. It is now The Lemon Tree restaurant, bar and independently owned hotel, with twelve and later eighteen bedrooms. The hotel building underwent a complete refurbishment in March 2010, with the name The Lemon Tree being added, and was further renovated in 2020–21. In December 2014 the restaurant was taken over by locals Sam Regan and his wife Emma. The restaurant served food they self-described as modern British.

• Abbotsfield built as a private residence for Edward Jones, designed by James Reynolds Gummow.

• Building was the home of local surgeon John Arthur Eyton-Jones.

• One wing served as the Abbotsfield Priory War Nursery.

• Council sold the building; it later became a hotel.

• Opened as the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel.

• Family-run hotel with fourteen bedrooms.

• Converted into Graffiti Italiano, an Italian restaurant.

• Complete refurbishment; name The Lemon Tree added.

• Restaurant taken over by Sam Regan and his wife Emma.

• Further renovation of the building.

Independent restaurant, bar and hotel in a historic Grade II listed building, offering modern British food and accommodation in Wrexham.

• Modern British restaurant dining

• Bar drinks

• Hotel accommodation (12–18 bedrooms)

1. 1Abbotsfield, Wrexham - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2The Lemon Tree - Wikidatawikidata.org