The Malt Scoop Inn, Merton, Okehampton,
#Devon
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This friendly local was originally part of a farm dating from the 1700’s, moved from its original home in the village square where there was a Malting House in the 1800’s.
The Black Friar, 174 Queen Victoria Street,
#London
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Built in about 1875 on the site of a former medieval Dominican Friary,and then remodelled in about 1905 by the architect Herbert Fuller-Clark.
Joiners Arms.
Standing on the corner of St. Mary Street and Cumberland Street, the pub dates back to the 1850s. Eldridge Pope’s Dorchester Brewery purchased the pub in November 1883, Today the pub is a music venue.
The Red Lion, 55 High Street,
#Southampton
The building dates from the medieval period and is said to be one of the oldest pubs in the country.
Its first license was granted in 1552. The building was damaged in World War Two and restored in 1952. It is Grade II listed. 🍻
Royal Oak, 1 Houndwell Place.
Forming part of the East Street Shopping Centre, this pub was built in March 1976, Closed in March 2016, and demolished in November that year. Replaced with student flats.
Duke of Wellington Inn, 36 Bugle Street.
The original structure was built in the mid or late 15th century on the remains of an earlier 13th-century house built by Benedict Ace in c.1220. The cellars and foundations are of the 13th century.
The Dog and Duck sat in the shadow of Arundel Towers on Portland Terrace.
Beforehand the pub was The Arundel Centre Inn, then Swifts. Part of the complex included Barbarella's nightclub, which later became Thursdays.
The Coachmakers' Arms.
On the right of the photograph.
This public house formerly stood at the south corner of Bargate Street and Above Bar Street abutting onto the Bargate itself. It was demolished in 1904
Red Lion, 448 Bitterne Road,
#Bitterne
The Red Lion remains, built in the 1860s, in front of an earlier pub of the same name. The original Red Lion, from the 1830s, was a coaching inn. 🍻
Elephant and Castle, Bursledon Road, The Old Black House - as it was locally known - was a pub that stood on this site from as early as the 1860s. Demolished in the early 1990's.
The Seaweed Inn, Seaweed Close, Weston Lane.
Named in memory of the old "seaweed hut" fishermen’s store that stood for years on the nearby Weston Shore this one-time free house opened for business in March 1967.
The pub has now been demolished to make way for housing.
Ship and Anchor, The pub is now 'roughly' under one of the goals in
#SaintsFC
St. Mary's football stadium. Standing where Longcroft Street met Bevois Street, this pub closed for good on 17 August 1966.
The Lord Nelson, 5 High Street,
#Hythe
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Southampton, SO45 6AG 🍻
Hythe's oldest Public House. Situated by the historic Hythe Pier with great views over Southampton Water.
The Stile,(Hedgehog and Hogshead)
163 University Road.
The pub reopened as the Hedgehog and Hogshead in October 1990. It brewed its own beer on the premises in the associated Belcher’s Brewery. The pub has now been demolished.
The Guide Dog, (formerly Valley Inn) 38 Earls Road, Bevois Valley.
Closed as Valley Inn 1981.
"A proper old gem of a pub, friendly and welcoming with lovingly kept real ales on hand pump. The new back bar and beer terrace are now open."🍻
The Prince Consort, Victoria Road,
Netley Abbey. SO31 5DS 🍻
Built about 1843 as the “Army and Navy Hotel”, It changed its name when Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert came to Netley to lay the foundation stone of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital in 1863.
The Lion, Bedford Place,
#Southampton
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"On the corner of buzzing Bedford Place and Waterloo Terrace, the building has housed popular pubs for many years. Previous incarnations include The Red Lion, The Ostrich, Bar Me, and Tut n Shive" 🍻
Bulls Eye, Butts Road, corner Heathfield Road,
#Southampton
This was first all-new Watneys pub built in Southampton after WW2. It under went a major refurbishment in early 1986, however this failed to save the pub which closed in 2011.
McCluskey’s International/426, New York, New York. Long gone, but will no doubt be remembered for many years to come. Both have been demolished and the land used for houses and flats.
The Polygon Hotel.
It had a bar open to the public, I remember having a drink in there on the way to the Dell.
The hotel was demolished in 1999 and replaced by flats.
The Old Bell Tavern, 95 Fleet Street,
#London
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Grade II listed building, dating back to the 17th century.
It is claimed that it was built by Christopher Wren for the use of his masons.
Dating back to the 1840s The Cat and Fiddle was demolished in the slum clearances of the 1890s. Another pub, The Queen, was built on the same site at the turn of the century. That underwent many name changes, Queen of Spades, The Atlantic Queen. and is now called the Titanic.🍻
The Brook Inn, 464 Portswood Road.
Situated on the corner of Portswood Road and Belgrave Road. Dating back to 1860s. This pub is now used as a music venue
When the Top Rank, as it was always known to the crowds of people who flocked to the suite on most nights of the week, opened its doors for the first time back in the mid-1960s, Southampton had never seen anything like it. Known as The Mayfair towards the end of its life.
The Standing Order,
30 High Street.
Takes its name from its previous use as a bank. The building stands on the site of the centuries-old St Lawrence’s Church which was sold in 1923 and demolished soon after.🍻
Bevois Castle, 63 Onslow Road.
Originally called the Bevois Inn it was first leased by Elderidge Pope Brewery in 1843, by 1870 it was called Bevois Castle.
It reopened as the Rockstone in 2011. 🍻
The Royal Oak, Royal Oak Passage,
#Winchester
SO23 9AU 🍻
The Royal Oak is the earliest building in England to house a bar, with parts of the pub dating back to 1002,
Its earliest reference as a pub is dated 1390-1430.
The Newport Inn,
Newport Lane, Braishfield, Romsey, SO51 0PL
The landlady Janet Cook passed away in 2013, She had been in the pub since 1941 when moving in with her parents. The pub has now been converted to use as a private house.
Los Marinos Down on the waterfront at Ocean Village, Was the nearest Southampton ever really got to a waterfront venue. Managed to cling on to life while all else left Ocean Village until Canute’s Pavillion was demolished.
The Ark was situated at 127 Meggeson Avenue. This pub was built in 1963 as part of the Townhill Park development. Owned by Gales Brewery it closed in 2013.
The Ferryman & Firkin,36 High Street.
The Grade II listed building, which dates to 1866, used to house the Woolwich Building Society and was opened as a Firkin chain pub in 1996. Closed in April 2009.
The Leather Bottle, Mattingley, Hook,
#Hampshire
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"A leather bottle hanging outside a pub as a sign would advertise the availability of refills of ale or wine inside".
Sun Hotel, Town Quay.
The original Sun Hotel stood on the east corner of the High Street and Town Quay and dates to at least 1873. It was destroyed in 1940 during the Blitz. A 'temporary' wooden building, which survived until 1994, was built to replace it.
The Cittie of York, High Holborn,
#London
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One of London’s most unusual pubs, rebuilt in 1923 in a medieval style which was a reaction against the grandeur and pomposity of late Victorian design.
Martine’s Nightclub, Eastleigh.
The club has had a vast and varied history with numerous plans to repurpose and reopen the well-loved venue - Massive Dance floor in the centre.
#Southampton
The Bassett Hotel was built in 1871 on the corner of Burgess Road and Butterfield Road.
In 1972 it was relaunched as a Berni Steak House, it was then sold to Whitbread’s Brewery before finally closing in the 1990’s.
Drummond Hotel, 2 Bridge Road.
This pub stood on the corner of Bridge Road and Radstock Road in the Itchen area of the city. Then part of the Watney Group, the pub was originally the property of Cooper’s Brewery.
Old Oriental,29 Queens Terrace.
This Grade II listed building was known as Kelway’s Hotel in the 1880s and then Kelway’s Oriental Hotel until February 1906 when it was renamed the Oriental Hotel. The building has now been converted to flats.
The Chapel Arms, 40 Albert Road North, SO14 5GB 🍻
(Formerly, Anglesea Tavern, Le Tissier Arms)
This was once a W H Complin & Co, Cobden Bridge Brewery Pub.
The Hinkler, Hinkler Road, Thornhill.🍻
Opened in 1962 as The Star. Named after Australian Aviator Bert Hinkler, who built a house locally for himself and his partner. Closed in 1990 but re-opened in 1991 as an Eldridge Pope house. It is owned by Marston’s Brewery.
The Sun Hotel, (Sun Inn), Weston Lane.
Dating back to the 1830s this was once a quiet little country pub in a small winding lane. It is now a busy local main road through a built-up area.
The pub is now the site of the Weston Lane Surgery.
The Woodman, Lordswood Damaged by a tree during storms in 2011, the pub struggled to recover before closing within a year. There were rumours about it becoming an Indian restaurant before Tesco took it over.
The Duke,58 Bernard Street,
#Southampton
Lovibond’s Greenwich Brewery had the lease of the pub since before 1869. The pub was destroyed in the war and a temporary building was erected on the site. The licence was placed in suspense in 1955 and demolished shortly afterwards.
The Three Swans, 84 Albert Road, Southampton.
On the 1870 map of the city, Its address then was 55 Andersons Terrace. Closed for a while in April 1941 so that damage caused by a German bomb could be repaired. Shut for good in 1967 and the Itchen Bridge now runs over the site.
Stoneham Arms, Bassett Green Road.
A typical brewer’s Tudor building of the 1930s. This pub opened after the George Inn in Above Bar Street transferred its licence here in 1933. The pub was once the property of Strong’s. Now converted into a Co-Op convenience store.
Bedford Brewery/Bedford Hotel
This public house was built in c.1840 and was originally named the Bedford Arms. It was originally owned by Aldridge's Bedford Brewery, the premises of which were next door. When Brickwood’s bought the public house they closed the old brewery down.
Anchor & Hope, 125 Foundry Lane,
#Southampton
This pub was built on the site of the old Andover Inn which dates back to the 1850s. In the 1870s it was renamed The Anchor & Hope and was rebuilt in the early 1900s when it was owned by Barlows Victoria Brewery. It closed in 2011.
The Lamb, Lamb’s Conduit Street, Bloomsbury,
#London
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The Lamb was built in the 1720s and the pub and the street were named after William Lamb, who repaired the Holborn Conduit, later renamed Lamb's Conduit in his honour.