A FORMER Newport pub with historic links to the Chartist Uprising has been converted into a modern property.
The Welsh Oak pub on Risca Road in Rogerstone, which has an interesting history ceased trading in 2017.
A property was advertised earlier this month for a five-bedroom and three-bathroom house up for sale for £875,000.
What does the former pub now look like?
The former pub has been converted into a house with a white and grey modern design with a marble top kitchen.
The modern design of the property with white and grey walls and cupboards is stark difference to the former pub.
The five-bedroom property has been given a fresh coat of white paint throughout every room of the building.
The property has been advertised with a guide price of £875,000 on Rightmove by the letting agency Fine and Country.
What did the old pub look like?
The former pub, The Welsh Oak was a traditional tavern pub with a sign above its stone entrance.
The history of the Chartist uprising
It is believed the trio of Chartist leaders, John Frost, Zephaniah Williams, and William Jones stayed at the pub the night before the uprising.
The trio alongside 10,000 Chartist sympathisers then marched to the Westgate Hotel in the Newport Uprising on 4 November 1839.
What happened since the pub closed?
A planning application was submitted on 7 February 2020 for the former pub to be converted into two three-bed semi-detached dwellings.
However, this application was refused by the council in June on the grounds it would be ‘detrimental of visual amenity’ in the area.
The same year, firefighters tackled blaze which broke out at the pub at around 5.38pm on 7 August 2020.
A planning application was then submitted to convert it into a dwelling on 27 November 2020 which was approved in February 2021.
Another planning application was submitted on 21 September 2022 for the construction of two detached dwellings which was refused.
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