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A pub has existed on the site since 1849, originally named the Shields and Newcastle Tavern. It was renamed the Castle Inn in 1855 and assumed its present name in 1863. The Cardiff historian Brian Lee has said the Golden Cross "developed a reputation as the smartest brothel in town" in the 19th
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The Golden Cross has one of fourteen remaining ceramic bar counters in the United Kingdom. The other ceramic counter in Wales is located at the in Waterloo Hotel in the Newport district of
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in May 1975, but despite this it was threatened with demolition in 1979 as part of a road-widening scheme. However it was reprieved after a campaign led by the
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CAMRA's Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors describes the Golden Cross as "the most spectacularly decorated of any in Wales".
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as one of their 10 most unspoilt pubs by the CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and is listed on CAMRA's
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attempted to hold a meeting at the pub but violent opposition forced him to return to London.
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of Shropshire. The interior has several decorative pictorial panels of tiles that depict
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and entertainment. It was voted in 2004 as the best gay pub in the UK. The pub remains a
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at the junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road in the centre of
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The bar tiles, featuring distinctive corner grotesques, were designed by
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The Golden Cross is alleged to be the site of a fight involving a young
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century. Around 1903/4 it was rebuilt in its current form for
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Tiled panel showing Cardiff's Old Town Hall and the
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Cardiff
Coordinates
51°28′37″N 3°10′28″W / 51.47705°N 3.17444°W / 51.47705; -3.17444
Listed Building
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Grade II listed
public house
Cardiff
Wales
Brains Brewery
Rocky Marciano
United States Army
World War 2
Oswald Mosley
Cadw
South Wales Echo
CAMRA
National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors
gay friendly
drag acts
tied house

statue of Lord Bute
Craven Dunnill
Cardiff Castle
Cardiff's Old Town hall
statue of Lord Bute
Pillgwenlly
A Brains Brewery logo in stained glass

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