The Riverside Hotel, Monmouth

The hotel was originally known as The Rising Sun from at least 1822 until the late 1980s when the name was changed. An inn called The Sun was recorded in 1717 in the same area but it is not clear if the establishment is the same. In 1972 the Rising Sun was opened as a motel. During the 1970s the motel was frequented by members of the British rock band Motörhead during the recording of their first album at nearby Rockfield Studios, reputedly because it was virtually the only establishment in the town with a pool table.^[1][2]