What is recorded here

This commemorative plaque records: The Westgate Hotel. Rebuilt 1885, still on the site of the town's medieval western gateway. Here in 1839 troops repulsed the Chartists. Doric columns which flanked the portico are retained.

The Westgate Hotel stands on the site of Newport's medieval western gateway and witnessed a significant historical event in 1839 when troops repulsed the Chartist uprising. The hotel, rebuilt in 1885, retains Doric columns from the original structure, linking its architecture to the town’s medieval past.

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