Ye Olde Murenger House
Ye Olde Murenger House is a 19th-century
History
The pub takes its name from the job of a murenger, a
A building on this site was first mentioned in 1533, a town house for the Herbert family of St Julians Manor.
It became a Grade II listed building in 1951 because of its historic interest to the immediate area.
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.[3] It has a painting of the former undefeated Welsh heavyweight champion boxer David 'Bomber' Pearce.
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 "NOW AND THEN: High Street, Newport". South Wales Argus. Newport. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "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.