6 Frogmore Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 6 Frogmore Street |
| Present Occupier: | Cafe Nero |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Coffee shop |
| Other Floors: | |
| Date when first used by present occupier: |
About the Building
6 & 6A were one building – the Golden Lion. See also 6A.
Originally a half-timbered building. The rear with original oak beams, floors, stairways etc was demolished in the 1960s and extensively modernised. This was repeated in the 1970s to include modernisation of the front interior. The present half-timbering is ersatz, but a nicely proportioned building (L Hurley)
There was a large cellar with tunnels? bricked up for safety.
Large cobbled yard at rear where horse sales were held.
Recent History
1979 – 1986: The Sugar Loaf Inn, then closed
Prior to 1979, it was the Golden Lion and gave its name to Lion Street
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1944-1963 | Prop: Wilfred Charles Walbyoff & Lena May Walbyoff | Golden Lion Hotel | Local knowledge |
| 1937 | Prop: Amos Jones | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1934 | Prop: Amos Jones | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1930 | Prop: Amos Jones | Golden Lion Hotel | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | Prop: Amos Jones | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1920 | Prop: Walter Hall | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1910 | Prop: Edmund Evans | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1906 | Prop: James Harding | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1901 | Prop: James Bell | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1891 | Prop: Charles Knight | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1879 | Prop: Edward Lewis | Golden Lion Hotel | Thacker |
| 1877 | Prop: Edward Lewis | Golden Lion Hotel | Owen |
| 1875 | Prop: Edward Lewis | Golden Lion Hotel | Mer & Croc |
| 1871 | Prop: Edward Lewis | Golden Lion Hotel | Kelly |
| 1865 | Prop: Mrs Amelia Drew | Golden Lion Hotel | Webster |
| 1862 | Prop: Mrs Amelia Drew | Golden Lion Hotel | Morris & Co |
| 1851 | John Tucker (run with the farm across the road at no 5) | Golden Lion Hotel | Census |
| 1830-1844 | Prop: William Crump (on the jury of the William Frost Trial) | Golden Lion Hotel | Slater |
| 1828 | Thomas Jones of Colebrook | Golden Lion Hotel | Pigot |
| 1822 | Prop: E Taylor | Golden Lion Hotel | Pigot |
| 1667 | Elizabeth Rumsey & her daughter Katering | Golden Lyon | Wills & Probates |
Other Information
In 1873 the land at the back was known as the Old Fish Pond or Piscodlin Field.(Gabb Collection)
1840: The Golden Lion was mentioned in the Cambrian Travel Guide as being one of the four principal inns. Coaches were sent daily to meet the packet boat from Bristol – Newport.
1687: David Lewis (alias Charles Baker) was arrested at Llantarnum and conducted by six armed men to the Golden Lion Hotel where he was examined by John Arnold and later committed to death for conducting Roman Catholic services. See Gunter House, Cross Street.
1685: at a public meeting held here, in the reign of William & Mary, there was an enquiry into the setting up of a public market in the village of Pontypool.
The property was first purchased by John ap William Pang of Pen-y-Clawdd from William Lloyd in the early 17th century.
More information about the Golden Lion appears in Abergavenny Pubs, by Frank Olding, published by Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, 2005.
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