Monmouthshire Pub Closures

Monmouthshire Pub Closures

Further to the pub closure posts on Newport and Cardiff, I decided to have a look at pub closures in the mainly rural county of Monmouthshire. Again the start date of the research is 1997, not for any political reason but that was when the majority of the research was carried out on pubs in South Wales for a CAMRA local beer/pub guide that was never published. However it does show how many more pubs have closed under the Labour Government.

Pub Closures

1. Great George, Cross St, Abergavenny
2. Malthouse, Abergavenny, now a restaurant
3. Greyhound Vaults, Market street, Abergavenny, now a restaurant
4. Somerset Arms, Victoria Street, Abergavenny, closed, freehold for sale
5. Pill House Inn, Pill Row, closed
6. Bridge Inn, Chepstow, closed, for sale
7. Berkeley Arms, Chepstow, closed, now a day-care centre
8. Green Dragon, Moor St, Chepstow, closed, now owned by local cult
9. Cupid's Hill Inn, Grosmont, closed, residential
10. Wentwood Inn, Five Lanes, Caldicot, converted to restaurant
11. Queen's Head, Moor street, Chepstow, closed
12. St Tecla Inn, Bulwark, Chepstow, demolished for shopping centre
13. Navigation, Gilwern, closed for sale, boarded up
14. Cambrian, Clydach, closed
15. Cordell Country Inn, Govilon, closed
16. Horse & Jockey, Hardwick, Abergavenny is now the Hardwick restaurant
17. Old Farmhouse Inn, Llandogo, closed, residential
18. Red Hart. Llanvapley, closed, residential. (photo above from 1960s)
    
19. Bridge Inn, Llanfoist, closed, for sale (freehold)
20. Llanfoist Inn, Llanfoist, converted to an Indian restaurant
21. Bridge Inn, Llangwm, closed, up for sale (freehold)
22. Hostry, Llantilio Crosseny, closed, residential
23. Old Mitre Inn, Llantilio Pertholey, closed, residential
24. Royal Oak, Llantrisant-on-Usk, closed,residential
25. King's Arms, Llanvertherine, closed, residential
26. Charthouse, Llanvihangel Gobion, converted to restaurant
27. Beaufort Arms, Monkswood, closed, for sale (freehold)
28. Three Salmons, Cross Ash converted to restaurant and renamed 1861
29. Crown, Whitebrook, converted to restaurant
30. Bull Inn, Monmouth knocked through and became part of the Punch House next door
31. King Henry V, Monmouth, converted to Chinese restaurant
32. Parkhouse Tavern, Parkhouse, closed, residential
33. Priory Motel, Skenfrith, closed
34. Halfway House, Talycoed, converted to restaurant, then closed
35. Foxhunter, Nantyderry, converted to restaurant
36. Trekkers, The Narth, closed
37. Cardiff Arms, Usk, closed retail unit
38. White Hart, Usk, closed
39. Brittania, Monmouth, converted to restaurant
40. Gockett, converted to residential

Renaming

Old Herefordshire House, Abergavenny is now Auberge a cafe/bar/nightclub

Welsh Guardsman, Frogmore Street, Abergavenny is now the Britannia

New Pub Openings

1. Coliseum, Abergavenny, JDW
2. Bellhanger, Chepstow, JDW
3. Kings Head, Monmouth, JDW (reopening)
4. Hogs Head, Great Treadam, Llantilio Crossenny (free)
   

The vast majority of pub losses have been due to resataurant conversions and suprisingly not residential conversions. This strongly contrasts with Newoprt and Cardiff areas.