The claim
A low rubblestone house on the Glamorgan coast at Monknash, standing on what was the Cistercian grange of Neath Abbey, with a flagged bar, two old fireplaces and a CAMRA one-star interior of special national historic interest. The pub dates itself to 1383, the age of the monks' farm rather than of the house, which the listing puts in the early seventeenth century.
What the records show
The 1383 on the pub's own page belongs to the monastic grange at Monknash, the richest estate of the Cistercian abbey at Neath, whose barn and dovecote are separately listed a field away. The listing describes the pub itself as an early seventeenth-century lobby-entry house, extended early in the eighteenth, and the pub's own history agrees that a lobby-entry house of that kind was built after the dissolution of 1536. No record of drinking-house use in the fourteenth century has been traced.
| Year | What | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1383 | Claimed founding | The pub |
| c.1600 | Present building | Cadw, via British Listed Buildings |
What to look for inside
- CAMRA one-star heritage interior: of special national historic interest
- Stands on the Cistercian grange of Neath Abbey, whose barn was the largest in medieval Glamorgan
Visiting
Plough & Harrow is in Monknash, Wales, at Monknash, Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7QQ. We do not list opening times, because they change; the pub’s own site is the place to check before you set out.
Sources
- www.ploughandharrowmonknash.co.uk/about
- camra.org.uk/pubs/plough-harrow-monknash-127962
- britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013312-plough-and-harrow-ph-including-front-garden-walls-st-donats
- www.coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/19355
- ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1274040
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