A charactecteristic 1980s estate pub at the extreme north end of Stoke-on-Trent. It closed early in 2022 and there are now fears locally that the site will be redeveloped for social housing. “The owner, Stockport-based Robinson's Brewery, said the venue did not fit its current business model.” It is still open on StreetView.
A handsome four-square redbrick pub on Rochdale Road on the north side of the town. The premises are now used as a surgery by Vets4Pets. The inscription above the door reads “Rebuilt AD 1893”.
A functional redbrick pub in the Hendon district on the south side of the city. It was once popular with students before the university campus was relocated away from the area, but has been closed since 2006. Plans have now been approved to convert it to apartments.
An unusually impressive post-war estate pub in the Kimberworth district of the town, with drum-shaped extensions on either side of the central block. Permission has now been granted for it to be demolished due to its poor state. The chap in the foreground with his carrier bag has now been immortalised on StreetView!
An attractive white-painted street-corner pub on the south-east side of the city. It has been closed for more than three years because of a structural issue, but planning permission has now been granted for a major refurbishment.
An attractive farmhouse-style pub in the St Mellons district on the north-east side of the city, which is reported to have been left to rot by pub company Star Pubs & Bars. It is still open on StreetView - the image is taken from the newspaper article.
A modern, possibly 1950s, estate pub on the east side of the town, now heavily graffitied. Plans have now been approved to demolish it and built a zero-carbon residential development in its place.
A substantial 1930s pub in this dormitory town north-west of Leeds, that presumably takes its name from the nearby Leeds Outer Ring Road which I think was built at that time. It has since been converted to a nursery.
A long, low, white-painted pub set back below the level of the main A52 road between Stoke and Ashbourne, a route that has seen a large number of pub closures. It never reopened after the first lockdown in 2020. It is situated near to the famous Yew Tree with its amazing collection of paraphernalia.
A mock-Tudor pub on the main road between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. From the look of the site it must have suffered from being on the other side of the road from its car park. It has been closed since 2012 and, while not boarded up, is now very much overgrown. From this news report, the business appears to have been transferred to the Woodpacker Café across the road, and planning permission has been granted for conversion to three dwellings.
A roadside pub with a distinctive gabled roofline set on the old route of the A59 just west of the village of Whalley on the opposite side of the River Calder. The signage suggests it has been used as a nursery, but it now looks derelict. Earlier views on StreetView indicate it was once part of the Bass empire. Whalley’s landmark viaduct can just been seen in the background of the photo.
A solid redbrick street-corner pub on the eastern side of the city that has now been converted to a convenience store.
A rather impressive inter-wars pub in a kind of Arts and Crafts style, situated in the Lliswerry district on the eastern side of the city. It is now to be demolished and replaced with a block of fifteen flats.
A typical 1960s pub on a large housing estate to the east of Stoke-on-Trent, still retaining its pub signage, but now repurposed as an off-licence and a fish and chip shop.
A former private house on the busy junction of Palatine Road and Lapwing Lane, converted to a pub by the then Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries in the early 1990s and initially named the Four in Hand. While not boarded up in the photo, the site has clearly been fenced off. It has now been converted to flats and offices.
A handsome inter-wars mock-Tudor pub in this well-heeled village near Royal Ascot racecourse. There are plans to replace it with a new three-storey building including a pub/restaurant at ground level and apartments on the upper floors.
A distinctive gabled pub on the main A49 road to the north of the village. It has been the Olive Garden Italian restaurant throughout the existence of StreetView, but until relatively recently the pub’s original name could still be seen in embossed lettering on the frontage, although it has now been removed.
A large white-painted pub on the historic Dover Road in this large village east of the Medway Towns. The “Hedgehogs” lettering refers to a nursery chain who had hoped to take over the premises. The local press reports that there are still hopes to reopen it as a pub.
A cottage-style inter-wars pub on the Droitwich Road on the north-eastern outskirts of the city, that most recently traded as a carvery. It has been closed since 2019, and plans by owners Stonegate to build guest accommodation on the former children’s play area have been rejected. It is just up the road from the Perdiswell House, so the demand for pub dining in this area would appear to have substantially reduced.
A substantial pub on the main A52 between Stoke-on-Trent and Ashbourne, a road that has seen a large number of pub closures. A 1980s guide to Real Ale in the Potteries states that it is a former Joule’s house and describes it as “smart and comfortable” and requiring “smart casual” attire.
A pub that indeed is a modern bungalow, situated a few miles south of Bristol near the city’s airport, now standing forlorn behind an expanse of unused car park. It appears to have majored on a family-friendly appeal, with a soft play area inside and also an outdoor playground.
Once a prominent landmark approaching Warrington from the direction of Widnes, this former Burtonwood pub closed in 2017, and planning permission has now been granted to build 16 houses on the site.
An ambitious but ill-fated modernist “super-pub” located to the north of the centre in what became one of the city’s most notorious red light districts. It opened in 1972, but didn’t last twenty years, and was demolished shortly after 2000. There is a brief summary of its history here. The site is now occupied by the Archway youth centre, as shown on StreetView, which itself now looks disused.
A monumental inter-wars roadhouse on the main road between Mansfield and Chesterfield. Plans have been lodged to convert it into a drive-thru Starbucks, but its future currently seems to be up in the air.
A three-storey, white-painted pub prominently situated on the city’s main pedestrianised shopping street. More recently used as a restaurant called Feria, it has been boarded up for well over a decade. The local MP has branded it a disgrace and called for action.
A characteristic post-war estate pub on the Buttershaw estate on the west side of the city, which was the scene of the death in 1990 of playwright Andrea Dunbar, author of “Rita, Sue and Bob Too.” It has since been demolished, and there are plans to build industrial units on the site.
A mock-Tudor pub in a suburban location between Beaconsfield and High Wycombe, which it is now proposed to replace with flats.
An attractive late Victorian or Edwardian mock-Tudor pub in a leafy setting off the main road in the picturesque Churnet Valley. It was only brought into pub use in 1982, but was closed by 2016 when the StreetView image was taken. It was one of several pubs in the area named after locally-born naval hero Sir John Jervis, who was made Earl of St. Vincent.
A functional flat-roofed pub on the south side of the town close to St Helens Hospital. There were plans in 2017 to convert it to multiple-occupancy housing but, perhaps surprisingly, it has subsequently reopened, which is a rare good news story.
An impressive 1930s roadhouse in the Roundhay district on the eastern side of the city, which was converted to a drive-thru McDonalds before the advent of StreetView.
A four-square street corner pub belonging to Shepherd Neame, unsurprisingly situated opposite the town’s railway station, still open on StreetView. A name change from the more distinctive Welcome Stranger obviously failed to revive its fortunes.
A large inter-wats pub on the west side of the town where planning permission has been granted for redevelopment of the site as 18 flats despite concerns about parking provision.
A monumental 1930s roadhouse on the main York Road to the east of the city. It was demolished before the advent of StreetView and replaced by an Aldi supermarket.
A large pub on the road between Cheadle and Alton Tower that appears in the past to have had a reputation as a destination venue. It was already closed in 2009 and has since been redeveloped into a row of cottages that appear to utilise the main pub building. This is a rather spooky account from 2009 of exploring the derelict building.
A characteristic Sixties or Seventies estate pub on the western side of Ellesmere Port, with the distinctive angled window design popular around that time. A planning application has been submitted to demolish it and replace it with a Co-op convenience store. It was originally called the Marquis, which from the reference in the news report was presumably what it continued to be called locally.
A large Harvester pub-restaurant on the main A38 Droitwich Road heading north out of the city. Planning permission has been applied for, although so far refused, to demolish it and replace it with a 78-bed care home.
A white-painted pub on the north side of the town whose owners have been trying without success to sell it since 2013. Although it stands on a main road, the Google cameras have not been that way since 2009, so it still shows as open on StreetView.
Another modern estate-style pub in the shadow of tower blocks on the north side of the city centre, still bearing John Smith’s livery.
A small four-square pub just to the west of the crossroads at the centre of the village. The premises have now been taken over by a gunsmith’s, and the sign fittingly reads “Dog & Cartridge”.
A large inter-wars pub in the Sinfin district on the southern side of the city, it was originally built in 1934 as the Sinfin Hotel, and later renamed as the Saxon. Demolished between 2012 and 2014, there are now plans to build a Sikh temple on the site.
A post-war estate pub in the typical location next to a parade of shops. It has since been demolished but the site remains vacant. It is located close to the Fellmongers in the Seacroft district on the eastern side of the city.
A small roadside pub that for many years was a familiar landmark on the outskirts of the town alongside the main road to Ashbourne. It is to be demolished to make way for five houses.
Another pub in the Holbeck district on the south side of the city. It was demolished in the early 2010s, but the site remains undeveloped.
A large pub dating from 1957 on the main road between Tunstall and Biddulph, which has recently been bulldozed. The site is to be redeveloped for up to 14 houses.
A distinctive white-painted building raised above the road in a village to the east of Bolton. Planning permission has been granted to replace it with a three-storey block of eight flats.
An unusual small white-painted gabled pub set back from the road in the Holbeck district on the south side of the city. It closed in 2007 and has since been replaced by a functional four-storey block of flats.
An attractive white-painted pub set back from the road on the north side of the town. Right opposite another pub of similar appearance called The Park. There are now plans to turn it into assisted living accommodation. It was still open when the most recent StreetView image was taken.
A large inter-wars pub in the Harehills district on the north side of the city, at one time rumoured to have the largest floor area of any pub in Britain (although I suspect this is doubtful). It was demolished around 2006, pre-StreetView, and the site remains vacant today.
An impressive Edwardian pub-com-hotel on the west side of the town centre opposite the long-closed station, that is currently in the process of being converted to flats.
(My own photo)
A neat estate pub in the Seacroft district on the eastern side of the city. It probably dates from the 1950s, looking at the surrounding housing, but the general style would be equally at home in the 1930s. It has since been redeveloped into a two-storey apartment block.
