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'''Ye Olde Murenger House''' is a [[Grade II listed]] [[public house]] on the [[High Street, Newport, Wales|High Street]] of [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[South Wales]].<ref name=Echo2009>{{cite news|author= |title=Royal Oak Hotel, 200 Broadway, Cardiff, CF24 1QJ |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/royal-oak-hotel-200-broadway-1824235 |work=[[South Wales Echo]] |place=[[Cardiff]] |date=16 May 2009 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> |
'''Ye Olde Murenger House''' is a [[Grade II listed]] [[public house]] on the [[High Street, Newport, Wales|High Street]] of [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[South Wales]].<ref name=Echo2009>{{cite news|author= |title=Royal Oak Hotel, 200 Broadway, Cardiff, CF24 1QJ |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/royal-oak-hotel-200-broadway-1824235 |work=[[South Wales Echo]] |place=[[Cardiff]] |date=16 May 2009 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> It replaced an earlier pub built on the same site in the early nineteenth century. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The pub takes its name from the [[murenger]], a person who collected taxes to pay for the upkeep of the town defences.<ref name=britishlisted>{{cite web|title=Ye Olde Murenger House PH, Stow Hill |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-3025-ye-olde-murenger-house-ph-stow-hill#.VV9iv1LHex0 |publisher=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> A building on this site was first mentioned in 1533, a town house for the Herbert family of St Julians Manor.<ref name=Echo2009 /> By the 17th century, it had become a pub called the Fleur de Lys.<ref name=Echo2009 /> According to [[Cadw]] the original building was a single-storey stone structure, which was demolished in 1816 and replaced by the current public house, established in 1819.<ref name=britishlisted /> A photo taken around 1900 shows the distinctive [[Mock Tudor|faux-Tudor]] [[Jettying|jetties]] did not exist at the time and these were added after this date.<ref>{{cite news|author= |title=NOW AND THEN: High Street, Newport |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/the_archive/10866342.NOW_AND_THEN__High_Street__Newport/?ref=rss |work=South Wales Argus |place=Newport |date=10 December 2013 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> |
The pub takes its name from the [[murenger]], a person who collected taxes to pay for the upkeep of the town defences.<ref name=britishlisted>{{cite web|title=Ye Olde Murenger House PH, Stow Hill |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-3025-ye-olde-murenger-house-ph-stow-hill#.VV9iv1LHex0 |publisher=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> A building on this site was first mentioned in 1533, a town house for the Herbert family of St Julians Manor.<ref name=Echo2009 /> By the 17th century, it had become a pub called the Fleur de Lys.<ref name=Echo2009 /> According to [[Cadw]] the original building was a single-storey stone structure, which was demolished in 1816 and replaced by the current public house, established in 1819.<ref name=britishlisted /> A photo taken around 1900 shows the distinctive [[Mock Tudor|faux-Tudor]] [[Jettying|jetties]] did not exist at the time and these were added after this date.<ref>{{cite news|author= |title=NOW AND THEN: High Street, Newport |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/the_archive/10866342.NOW_AND_THEN__High_Street__Newport/?ref=rss |work=South Wales Argus |place=Newport |date=10 December 2013 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | It became a Grade II listed building in 1951 because of its historic interest to the immediate area.<ref name=britishlisted /> In a poor state of repair in the 1970s, the pub was taken over by [[Sam Smith's brewery|Sam Smith's]] in 1980, repaired and re-opened in 1983.<ref name=Echo2009 /> In 2014 Ye Olde Murenger was suggested as a candidate for the [[Old Kent Road]] space on a Newport version of the board game [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]].<ref>{{cite news|author= |title=Newport man thinks medieval pub Ye Olde Murenger House, should feature on city Monopoly |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11089862.Newport_man_thinks_medieval_pub_should_feature_on_city_Monopoly/ |work=South Wales Argus |place=Newport |date=20 March 2014 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> |
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It became a Grade II listed building in 1951 because of its historic interest to the immediate area.<ref name=britishlisted /> |
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==Description== |
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In a poor state of repair in the 1970s, the pub was taken over by [[Sam Smith's brewery|Sam Smith's]] in 1980, repaired and re-opened in 1983.<ref name=Echo2009 /> |
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The pub has three jettied storeys plus an attic with the [[gable]] facing the street. The latter has a three-light casement window. The first and second storeys have broad [[oriel window]]s flanked by square panelling with a close studded band below. The facade of the ground floor is an early twentieth-century public house front on the left with a six-light window on the right side.<ref name=britishlisted /> |
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| ⚫ | In 2014 Ye Olde Murenger was suggested as a candidate for the [[Old Kent Road]] space on a Newport version of the board game [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]].<ref>{{cite news|author= |title=Newport man thinks medieval pub Ye Olde Murenger House, should feature on city Monopoly |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11089862.Newport_man_thinks_medieval_pub_should_feature_on_city_Monopoly/ |work=South Wales Argus |place=Newport |date=20 March 2014 |accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 17:00, 30 April 2016
Ye Olde Murenger House is a Grade II listed public house on the High Street of Newport, South Wales.[1] It replaced an earlier pub built on the same site in the early nineteenth century.
History
The pub takes its name from the murenger, a person who collected taxes to pay for the upkeep of the town defences.[2] A building on this site was first mentioned in 1533, a town house for the Herbert family of St Julians Manor.[1] By the 17th century, it had become a pub called the Fleur de Lys.[1] According to Cadw the original building was a single-storey stone structure, which was demolished in 1816 and replaced by the current public house, established in 1819.[2] A photo taken around 1900 shows the distinctive faux-Tudor jetties did not exist at the time and these were added after this date.[3]
It became a Grade II listed building in 1951 because of its historic interest to the immediate area.[2] In a poor state of repair in the 1970s, the pub was taken over by Sam Smith's in 1980, repaired and re-opened in 1983.[1] In 2014 Ye Olde Murenger was suggested as a candidate for the Old Kent Road space on a Newport version of the board game Monopoly.[4]
Description
The pub has three jettied storeys plus an attic with the gable facing the street. The latter has a three-light casement window. The first and second storeys have broad oriel windows flanked by square panelling with a close studded band below. The facade of the ground floor is an early twentieth-century public house front on the left with a six-light window on the right side.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Royal Oak Hotel, 200 Broadway, Cardiff, CF24 1QJ". South Wales Echo. Cardiff. 16 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Ye Olde Murenger House PH, Stow Hill". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "NOW AND THEN: High Street, Newport". South Wales Argus. Newport. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Newport man thinks medieval pub Ye Olde Murenger House, should feature on city Monopoly". South Wales Argus. Newport. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.