A substantial pub-cum-hotel in this large village close to the Grand Union Canal, once the location of a major ordnance depot. It has since become a Tesco Express.
The British Oak
A substantial stone-built inter-wars pub situated on the north side of Wakefield near to Pinderfields Hospital. It appears to be in the characteristic house style of Bass predecessors Hammond’s. It is close to the much older, but still busy, Graziers Inn.
The Bernard Arms
A roadside pub in a leafy setting in the shadow of the Chilterns on the main road between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough. It appears to be an inter-wars rebuilding of an older pub. One of the closest pubs to Chequers, it has in the past played host to Prime Ministers and Presidents, but that wasn’t enough to save it.
The Charlton Arms
A former coaching inn that once belonged to Greenall’s Wem subsidiary, situated in a Shropshire market town now subsumed within Telford. Later images on StreetView suggest that it has been converted to residential use.
The Crofter’s Arms
An imposing pub in the angle of two roads, remodelled by local brewers Magee Marshall in the 1920s and still bearing their initials on the gable. It later became the Moghul’s Palace restaurant, but has now been derelict for some years.
The Double Gloucester
A massive inter-wars suburban pub on the eastern side of the city, taking its name from the county’s eponymous cheese, and now in the process of residential redevelopment.
The Station Hotel
A large 1930s pub located in a perhaps surprising back street location in this suburb to the east of Stoke-on-Trent. The eponymous station has closed, although the railway line is still in operation.
The Manchester Arms
A substantial pub by the by-pass on the north-eastern side of the town. According to StreetView, it was converted to a Tesco Express at some time between 2011 and 2014. The first pub on this blog in the historic county of Huntingdonshire.
The Vale Royal
A large food-oriented pub, previously a Crown Carvery, situated on a B-road to the west of Wigan, and visible from the nearby M6 motorway. The estate agent’s board says “Change of use considered”. The StreetView image was captured on a beautiful Spring day in 2019.
The Alma Tavern
An ornate Edwardian pub advertising Bentley’s Rotherham Ales, with “Rebuilt 1909” in the gable. The similarly elaborate Cutlers’ Arms next door, proclaiming William Stones’ Cannon Ales, is still trading.
The Cavalier
This roadside pub in the shadow of an imposing church, and now in a sadly burnt-out state, was in fact the last to close in the Cross Green area of Leeds, and completes my series covering the pubs of that neighbourhood. Unusually for the area, it was tied to Bass rather than Tetley’s, although no doubt you would be more likely to have encountered Brew Ten and Toby Light rather than the eponymous Burton classic.
The Black Dog
This compact inter-wars pub in the Cross Green area of the city was actually demolished before StreetView was created, and the current view is unrecognisable. The Fisherman’s Hut can be seen in the background.
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