An imposing 1930s pub in the Moderne Style, complete with tower, once well-known as a live music venue. In its day it was considered an example of enlightened contemporary pub design. Now in the process of redevelopment as retirement apartments.
The Lions Den
A corner pub on the edge of the village that has been closed since 2001 and where there is now a proposal for conversion to residential use.
The Halfway House
A corner pub on a road junction in a prosperous suburb of Wolverhampton that from the look of it suffers from a lack of car parking.
The Malt Shovels
The Malt Shovels, Cheadle, Cheshire
A post-war estate-style pub, still open on StreetView. With plenty of housing nearby and not a particularly run-down area surely there is some potential for this site.
(My own picture)
The Navigation
A large white-painted canalside pub on the eastern edge of the town. Pictured on a damp, miserable day, this one looks particularly sad and forlorn and seems to sum up the plight of pubs in Britain today. It has since been renovated to provide a very smart-looking private house.
The Waggoners
A pub on a remote rural crossroads that was severely damaged by fire in 2008 and, despite restoration plans, remains derelict today.
The Fossway
Pubs may be thriving in York’s tourist-choked city centre, but that has not stopped this substantial inter-wars pub in the north-eastern suburbs near the Nestlé factory from being closed and “tinned up”.
The Jester
Originally called the Earl Grey, this inter-wars pub was designed for the Carlisle State Management Scheme by architect Harry Redfern in an Art Deco style rather than his usual Arts and Crafts idiom. It is now, as the StreetView image shows, a Taekwon-do school.
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