A typical post-war pub built by Everards Brewery in 1959 on the Eyres Monsell estate on the south side of the city. It closed in 2022, and recently made the national news when plans to convert it into a mosque were approved.
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Showing posts with label Leicestershire. Show all posts
The Nelson
A pink-and-white painted pub close to the village centre, now very overgrown, but still showing the imprint of Bass signage. Planning permission has now been granted to convert it for residential use.
The King William
A white-painted Charles Wells pub in the main street of this small Leicestershire market town that once boated its own eponymous building society. There are plans to build six houses on the former car park, with the pub itself to be converted into flats.
The Mayflower
A flat-roofed post-war pub in the angle of two roads on the eatern side of the city. Local residents are reported to be sick of looking at the ‘derelict and depressing’ sight.
The Oak
A substantial inter-wars pub in a former coal-mining village north-west of Leicester. There are plans to build eight affordable houses on the site.
The Shoulder of Mutton
A small back street pub that, when it closed in 2019, was the last pub in the village. It has now been converted for residential use – the StreetView image shows it in mock-Tudor livery, a striking contrast with its current appearance.
The Red House
A substantial free-standing pub right in the centre of this former mining town.
The Queen’s Head
A second closed pub in this village facing the green opposite the Rose & Crown.
The Rose & Crown
A tall, shallow, three-storey pub facing the village green in a former mining area near Coalville. Still open on StreetView, but if you take a few steps forward it’s been tinned up.
The County Arms
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 Wheatsheaf
An attractive roadside pub in a prosperous suburb to the south of the city of Leicester.
The Pick and Shovel
A large cream-washed Marston’s pub on the crossroads right in the town centre. Its prospects can’t have been helped by the fact there are other pubs on two of the three corners, including the unusually-named Snibstone New Inn.
The Lime Kiln
Situated in a historic village a couple of miles south of East Midlands Airport, this old pub closed a number of years ago and is now used a office/storage for a business centre in the adjacent 17th century barn buildings (seen on the right), although the pub signage has been retained.
The Engine Inn
A creamwashed roadside pub in a former mining village, backing on to attractive countryside, as can be seen on the StreetView image.
The Shoulder Of Mutton
A Grade II listed three-storey redbrick pub in the centre of this historic Georgian market town.
The Spade Tree Inn
An attractive little pub with an unusual name, standing on a sharp bend at the entrance to the village. It has now sold been for redevelopment as flats and houses.
The Gate Inn
An attractive little mock half-timbered village pub, now converted into a private residence.
The Old Invincible
A modern estate pub on the south side of the city in an advanced state of dereliction.
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