Grade II listed pubs in England

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Answer 1

Old Custom House Inn, Chester

Old Custom House Inn, Chester

The Old Custom House Inn is located at 69 and 71 Watergate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

The inn originated from two former houses, their undercrofts now forming the inn's cellars. The older house, on the east side, is dated 1637, and the west house dates probably from the early 18th century. Part of Chester Rows formerly passed through the buildings, but this was enclosed in 1711. The inn also incorporates a former cottage to its rear built on a burgage plot. When it opened as an inn it was called The Star Inn, but later changed its name in the late 18th century because the custom house of the port of Chester stood opposite. The building has been altered on a number of occasions, most recently in the 1990s when an extension was added to the rear of the former west house.

The former east house is constructed with sandstone in the lower storey, and timber framing above. It has an undercroft, and two storeys plus an attic. On the side facing Watergate Street is a gable, an entrance door, a beer-drop door, and a five-light transomed window in the lower storey. Between the storeys is a bressumer carved with vine leaves, grapes, and the initials "T.W.A.". The upper storey contains a seven-light transomed oriel window, with a small two-light window on each side. Around these windows are panels, some of which are plain, the others arched. The gable is jettied and carries the date 1637. It contains a three-light mullioned casement window with herringbone struts at the sides and above it. The bargeboards are plain. The former west house has a rendered lower storey, and a brick upper storey. It has a doorway and two three-light windows in the lower storey, and sash windows above. The former cottage at the rear is in Georgian style. It is constructed in brick on a sandstone plinth, with a grey slate roof. It contains sash windows, and two dormers in the gables above. Many alterations have been carried out to the interior of the inn, but it does retain oak beams dating from about 1642, and a carved stone fireplace.

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Answer 2

The Old House, Ightham Common

The Old House is a Grade II listed public house at Redwell Lane, Ightham Common, Kent TN15 9EE.

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

It dates to the 17th century.

Coordinates: 51°16′48″N 0°16′50″E / 51.279943°N 0.280570°E / 51.279943; 0.280570

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Answer 3

The Old Kings Arms

The Old Kings Arms is a public house at 7 George Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The timber framed building is sixteenth century and is listed Grade II with Historic England.

It was closed for over a decade, before reopening under the name "Dylans" in 2015.

Coordinates: 51°45′05″N 0°20′31″W / 51.7514°N 0.3420°W / 51.7514; -0.3420

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The Old Thatch Tavern, Stratford-upon-Avon

Coordinates: 52°11′35″N 1°42′40″W / 52.192985°N 1.711191°W / 52.192985; -1.711191

The Old Thatch Tavern is a pub in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, located in the town centre on the corner of Rother Street and Greenhill Street.

The Old Thatch Tavern became the brewery for Stratford-upon-Avon in 1470 when it was also a pub. It has been a licensed pub since 1623 and it is claimed that it is the oldest pub in Stratford.

The thatched building in which the pub is located has a Grade II listing and is the only thatched-roof property in Stratford's town centre.

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Old White Horse Inn

The Old White Horse Inn in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, is one of the oldest buildings still in use in the town. It was originally constructed as a coaching inn in the mid-seventeenth century, strategically positioned with Ireland Bridge on the one side and the Parish church on the other. The building is an English Grade II listed building and has a significant amount of coaching inn infrastructure surviving including a stable, barn and two coach entrances which are located around an inner courtyard. On each side of the gable are stone lanterns that denote the former owners Order of Knights of St John of Jerusalem. There is evidence that a hostelry has been on the site since 1379.

Coordinates: 53°51′06″N 1°50′30″W / 53.85167°N 1.84167°W / 53.85167; -1.84167

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Ye Olde Dolphin Inne

Ye Olde Dolphin Inne is a Grade II listed pub in the city of Derby, England.

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

It was built in the late 16th century, with the licence said to date from 1580, and is the oldest pub in Derby. The timber-framed exterior of the building was remodeled in the early 20th century.

Coordinates: 52°55′30″N 1°28′40″W / 52.925124°N 1.477796°W / 52.925124; -1.477796

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Answer 7

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is a public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It is one of several pubs that lay claim to being the oldest in England. The building is described by Historic England as being of sixteenth century appearance, but as the earliest date for which it can be proved to have been licensed is 1756 - and even that date is not certain - its claim to this record is somewhat uncertain. Others such as the Ye Olde Man & Scythe in Bolton, Greater Manchester and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham may have better claims. Even in St Albans, the White Hart and the Fleur de Lys (currently called 'The Snug') have claims to have been trading as inns in the late medieval period.

The pub is at the end of Abbey Mill Lane beside the River Ver, just outside the perimeter of Verulamium Park, not far from St Albans Cathedral.

The main structure is free-standing and has an octagonal appearance, attributable to its original use as a pigeon house. It has been added to over the years but the original timber-framed structure is clearly visible. It was originally located close to St Albans Cathedral (when it was St Albans Abbey) and was moved to the present site sometime after the dissolution of the Abbey in 1539. Its foundations are claimed to be even older, dating from around 793 but again this is dubious. It is thought that there are tunnels running between the cathedral and the pub's beer cellars which were once used by monks.

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Answer 8

Ye Olde Tavern, Kington

Ye Olde Tavern is a Grade II listed public house at 22 Victoria Rd, Kington, Herefordshire HR5 3BX.

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

It was built in the late 18th/early 19th century.

Coordinates: 52°12′18″N 3°01′27″W / 52.205100°N 3.024298°W / 52.205100; -3.024298

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Answer 9

Packhorse Inn

Packhorse Inn

The Packhorse Inn in Southstoke within the English county of Somerset is a Grade II listed building which was largely rebuilt in 1674. It was changed from a farmhouse to a pub in the 19th century but closed in 2012. A local campaign has achieved designation as an asset of community value has raised money to renovate it. They are aiming to reopen the pub.

The building existed as a farmhouse although its date of construction is unknown. It was rebuilt in 1674 when the date was carved into a stone over the front door. It became a pub in the mid 19th century, although another building in the village had previously been known as "The Packhorse Inn". In 1939 the licensee was Mrs Emily Rose. The inn was owned by George’s Brewery.

It closed as a pub in 2012 and was sold with plans being submitted to turn it into a private house. A campaign has been instigated by the local population to save the pub and they successfully campaigned to have it designated as an asset of community value by Bath and North East Somerset council. This provides some protection from development under the Localism Act 2011.

The campaign group organised a share issue with over 200 investors raising £601,000 and made plans for the refurbishment and reopening of the pub. By September 2016 the total raised reached £685,000, enough to buy the building.

The two-storey stone building has freestone quoins and a tiled roof. The gabled dormers contain attics. Underneath the building is a cellar. It has a taproom which can seat 20 people and a lounge bar for another 20 with a large garden.

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Answer 10

Painters Arms, Luton

The Painters Arms is a Grade II listed public house at 79 Hightown Road, Luton, LU2 0BW.

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

It was rebuilt in 1913.

Seán Ó Roideacháin's poem 'High Town Road' (or 'Baile Ard Luton' in Irish) is about Irish emigrants in The Painters Arms and The Freeholder on High Town Road during the late 1980s.

Coordinates: 51°53′03″N 0°24′45″W / 51.8843°N 0.4126°W / 51.8843; -0.4126

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