51 Frogmore Street

Main details

Address:
Present Occupier:
Present Owner:
Ground Floor:
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

51 Frogmore Street

Casa Bianca

Italian Restaurant

November 2018

=

Before and After Images

 

 1979/80

2016


 

About the building

The Britannia Inn dates from William IV and existed before Baker Street. Sometime before 1833, it was called the Cock & Horse (deeds, Baker Gabb collection D591)

The listed building description states that the building is probably early to mid nineteenth century in appearance, but the low proportion of window to wall suggests an earlier origin, but probably not earlier than the early eighteenth century.

 

Recent history

Italian Restaurant Casa Bianca opened Nov 2018

Britannia Inn was closed and boarded up for many years

In 1983, it was known as the Welsh Guardsman but reverted to The Britannia in 1997.

A detailed history can be found in Abergavenny Pubs by Frank Olding, 2005, Tempus Publishing, Stroud Gloucestershire. see also other information.

1993: The Welsh Guardsman, public house under new management July

1982: at 51A, Studio One, hairdressers

 


 

Previous occupiers

Year

Name

Detail

Source

1970

Britannia Public House

Kelly

1937

Prop: G B Steward

”          ”

Kelly

1934

”          ”

”          ”

Kelly

1930

”          ”

”          ”

Car/Npt & Dis

1926

”          ”

”          ”

Kelly

1923

”          ”

”          ”

Kelly

1920

”          ”

”          ”

Kelly

1914

”          ”

”          ”

Kelly

1910

Prop: Soloman Francis

”          ”

Kelly

1909

Kelly

1906

Prop: Charles William Prosser

”          ”

Kelly

1901

”          ”

”          ”

Kelly

1895

Kelly

1891

Prop: Benjamin Jones

”          ”

Kelly

1884

1881

Mary Ann Prosser

Innkeeper

Kelly

Census

1879

Thacker

1877

Owen

1875

Mer & Croc

1871

Kelly

> 1868

1868

Prop: John Bull

”          ”

1862

Prop: Thomas Evans Parry

”          ”

Morris & Co

1858

Prop: John Havard

”          ”

Slater

1850

Prop: William Williams

”          ”

Pigot

1845

Pigot

1844

”          ”

”          ”

Slater

1841

Slater

1835

”          ”

”          ”

Pigot

1834-45

Pigot

1834

Car/Npt & Dis

1822

Prop: William Pembridge

”          ”

Pigot

1791

Prop: Thomas Watkins

”          ”

Pigot



 


 

Other information

The Public House is on the 1834 Abergavenny map. It is also in the poor rate book of 1839.

Formerly known as the Three Kings, the Cock & Horse and (later) the Welsh Guardsman.

In 1928, it was put up for sale by auction. The sale particulars included the description: large tap room, smoke room and lean-to scullery on the ground floor, and a club room upstairs. A 7-tie manger at the back. It also had a ‘glazed partition and doors forming Jug & Bottle Department’.

 

If you have any further information about this property please email alhs@live.co.uk