Wheatsheaf, Llanhennock

Old village pub still retaining its traditional layout of two bars and an off-sales and little-altered for over 50 years. As you walk in the original off-sales hatch is still there complete with sliding window, but the dado panelling only dates from the 1980s. The small snug bar on the left is a real period piece from c.1960 with its hardboard-panelled walls, small bar counter with a Formica top and small brick fireplace. The bar back shelves may be a later addition. In the bar on the right there is another c.1960 brick fireplace in which you will find an open fire in winter and there is a dado of more ribbed hardboard. However, the counter only dates from the early 1990s. Look for the Hancock's Brewery framed poster, and the ceramic huntsman on a barrel shaped horse, which is advertising material for the long-defunct Rhymney Brewery that closed in 1978 (A new brewery with the same name started producing real ales in 2004). Just beyond the ladies toilet there is a small meeting room, which has been brought into use. In the car park are a number of boules pistes and views of Celtic Manor Golf Club, venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup. A travelling theatre calls here one evening in both May and September to perform a play on the lawn.