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.
