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This is a hotel, which means that the bar is only open to residents.
Standing in the shadow of Newport's famous transporter bridge, this once vibrant docklands pub is now a hotel and restaurant (Anderson's) that has established itself as one of the prime dining venues in the region since it opened in 2006. The magnificent interior retains so many original features it easily found a place in CAMRA's 'Heritage Pubs of Wales' book. Go and see for yourself while enjoying a meal. Note the hotel does not open on bank holiday Mondays.
Listed for sale (April 2021) on Rightmove with agents Christie & Co, Cardiff at £695k.
Historic Interest
Grade II Listed and features in Real Heritage Pubs of Wales.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: II
This substantial three-storey pub was rebuilt in 1904, mostly of red brick with terracotta detailing and an impressive corner turreted clock tower. Its interior is among the most impressive in the whole of Wales and includes one of only eleven ceramic bar counters in the UK (the other Welsh example is at the Golden Cross, Cardiff). The entrance in Alexandra Road leads to a terrazzo-floored lobby/reception with a dado of green tiles and Queen Anne detailing on the staircase. The Smoke Room is home to the superb counter which is of Doulton faïence in five sections separated by columns with decorative capitals in deep yellow with floral tiled panels in bright blue. This terrazzo-floored room retains its original mahogany bar-back with mirror panels but the pot shelf is a modern addition. To access the large public bar an arch was cut into the dividing in recent years. The terrazzo floor of this bar indicates there was a small separate room, possibly an off sales on the left side. It also retains its splendid original mahogany bar-back lining two sides and another L-shaped ornately-tiled bar counter. However, only half of the counter survives, the rest having been removed and reputedly sold and shipped to America in the early 1980s.
The pub closed in 2002 but reopened after renovations under its current name in 2007. With no public bar facilty, it is open to diners and residents only.
Doulton faience bar front of 1904. Substantial Edwardian three-storey pub with one of the most impressive interiors in the whole of Wales including one of only two remaining tiled counters (the other is at the Golden Cross, Cardiff.Rebuilt in 1904 mostly of red brick with terracotta detailing and impressive corner turreted clock tower, it is situated opposite the main entrance to Newport Docks. The entrance in Alexandra Road leads to a terrazzo-floored lobby/reception with a dado of green tiles and Queen Anne detailing on the staircase.
The Smoke Room has an impressive ceramic bar counter - one of only eleven left in the whole of the UK. It is of Doulton faïence in five sections separated by columns with decorative capitals in deep yellow with floral tiled panels in bright blue. - only eleven remaining in the whole of the UK. Other Heritage Pubs with a ceramic bar counter are the Black Horse, Preston, Lancashire; Burlingtons Bar (at the Town House), St Annes on Sea, Lancashire; Mountain Daisy, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear; Red Lion, Erdington, Birmingham; Polar Bear, Hull, Yorkshire, East; White Hart Hotel, Hull, Yorkshire, East; Garden Gate, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, West; Golden Cross, Cardiff, X Glamorgan, Wales; and Crown, Belfast, Z Northern Ireland.
Other examples can be found at Horse & Jockey, Wednesbury, West Midlands where a small part on the left has been lost; Castle, Manchester City Centre; and Hark to Towler, Tottington, Manchester, Gtr where the bar has been moved; Gunmakers Arms, Lozells, Birmingham where only a small part remains; Waterloo Hotel & Bistro, Newport, X Gwent, Wales which has no public bar facility; and there is one in China Red which was the Coach & Horses, Dunswell, East Yorks and now operates as a Chinese Restaurant.
This terrazzo-floored room retains its original mahogany bar back with mirror panels but the pot shelf is a modern addition. To access the large public bar an arch was cut into the dividing wall from the smaller smoke room in recent years; this leads to the large main bar and its original corner entrance has been blocked up. The terrazzo floor indicates there was a small separate room, possibly an off sales on the left side of the room. Again this retains its splendid original mahogany bar back lining two sides and another L-shaped ornately tiled bar counter. However, only half of the counter still remains, the other half having been removed and reputedly sold and shipped to America in the early 1980s.
Note the etched windows (some replacements) announcing 'Vaults' and 'Workman's Dining Room' - the latter being the room on the left of the entrance lobby which operated as a snack bar with 1950s fittings until the pub closed in 2002. After renovations it reopened as the Waterloo Hotel & Bistro Restaurant in 2007. With no public bar facility, it is currently open to diners and residents.
Waterloo Hotel & Bistro Restaurant, Newport
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