A utilitarian flat-roofed pub in the Hunslet area on the south-east side of the city. Some of the detailing suggests a 1930s origin, but the surrounding housing is post-war. It has since been converted for residential use, but the Whitbread inn sign has been retained.
Not the well-known historic Coopers Tavern, this is an imposing late-Victorian street-corner pub on the south-west side of the town. It was sold off by Marston’s a few years ago but carried on for a while as a free house; permission is now being south to turn it into a community centre.
A four-square pub on a busy road junction, originally called the Bull’s Head. Bullock Smithy was the former name of Hazel Grove, which was changed in the 19th century for reasons of decorum. In recent years it was very much given over to dining, and did not reopen after the first lockdown in 2020.
A large post-war estate-style pub in the Rudheath district on the south-east side of the town, that has been a Co-op store for over ten years.
An old weatherboarded pub in East London, believed to have once been a hunting lodge used by Henry VIII, situated next to the ground of Clapton FC. It has been closed since 2004.
A surprisingly extensive village pub in the South Derbyshire coalfield. When open, it butted on to a pair of new-build houses, and has now been entirely converted to residential use.
Standing alone in a bleak-looking location in East Leeds, this pub reminds me of Hrothgar’s mead hall from Beowulf. Not sure from the architecture whether it is 30s or 50s.
A large modern pub on the main A61 road north out of the city where, bizarrely, one half has been turned into a Pizze Hut takeaway while the other half remains boarded up.
A substantial street-corner pub in an area of terraced housing on the south-west side of the town, now converted to flats but still bearing its Marston’s lettering. The StreetView image shows it in Marston’s livery.
A monumental former Irish pub in West London, backing on to the Regent’s Canal, wearing the Taylor Walker livery revived by Allied Breweries in the 1980s.
Once a showpiece pub for Holts, built about thirty years ago behind the previous pub of the same name that had to be demolished for road widening. Previously noted for its carvery. It is reported as having been sold subject to contract for a guide price of £800,000.
A small pub at the west end of the town’s High Street, colloquially referred to as Nellie’s, which has been demolished since the StreetView image was captured. The removal of the signage shows it was previously called Galbraith’s. I learned about one this from Tandleman’s blog.
