16Th Century

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Inn finalist - The Bull & Swan, Stamford, Lincolnshire

28-Sep-2016 By MA

Hillbrooke Hotels' The Bull and Swan, run by general manager Peter Brighouse and house manager John Hughes, is a traditional country inn in rural Lincolnshire placed within the centre of a town that seems set in the middle ages.

Great British Pub Awards

Pub Awards: Best Newcomer finalist - The Grantley Arms, Wonersh, Surrey

16-Sep-2016 By MA

When Chris Frederick popped into his local one day the questions went beyond ‘what are you drinking?’. He was asked if he would like to buy the pub and, to cut a long story short, he did.

Chef Focus

Behind the scenes at Heston Blumenthal's pub, the Hinds Head

08-Dec-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Heston Blumenthal-owned Berkshire pub the Hinds Head, in Bray, came 14th in 2015’s Top 50 Gastropubs awards. Daniel Woolfson gets the lowdown on head chef Janos Veres

Protz: It's been Doris’s day for 50 years at Snargate's Red Lion

03-Oct-2014 By Roger Protz

The family-run Red Lion in Snargate hasn’t changed much since the 16th century and that is exactly why it remains a charming pub.

Wetherspoon to open new Hampshire pub

15-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit

JD Wetherspoon is opening a new pub in Hampshire on Friday following a £1.1m re-development. The renovation of the Red Lion site in Petersfield,...

Punters and pet save pub from fire disaster

28-Aug-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

An alert dog and a kind-hearted community ensured a disaster was averted when fire struck at a historic Shepherd Neame pub. The blaze started in the...

The genuine article

06-Jun-2008

If you were looking for Aylesbury Duck, the town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire would seem to be a good place to start. In fact, that would a...

Pick of the pubs

05-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore

The Woolpack Hotel is situated at the centre of the Kent market town of Tenterden, around 10 miles from Ashford. Four trading areas exist - including...

Burn Bullock bowls over new owner

22-Mar-2007

A pub named after a famous cricketer has been sold. The Burn Bullock, within the Cricket Green conservation area in Mitcham, Surrey, was renamed...

Out of the ashes

27-May-2004

After being gutted by fire the 16th century Royal Oak in Hawkhurst had to undergo a painstaking refurbishment. Michelle Perrett reports.While...

New era for refurbished village inn

09-Oct-2003

A Derbyshire village freehouse, believed to date in part from the 16th Century, is set to reopen under new ownership. The Holly Bush Inn at Breedon...

The Griffin Inn, East Sussex

11-Sep-2003

The 16th century Griffin Inn at Fletching, East Sussex, is a pub which prides itself on giving customers a friendly, personalised service. The Pullan...

Property briefs

04-Sep-2003

A traditional 14th century detached pub in Clapton near Bristol is up for sale through agent Moore, Wood & Cockram.The Black Horse has two bars,...

Opportunity would be no act of Folly

28-Nov-2002

North Bucks country inn theFolly ­ which takes its name from the failed venture of a former landlord ­ is on the market. When a new landlord...

Newcomers go utterly Butterleigh over 16th century Devonshir

10-Oct-2002

The 16th century Butterleigh Inn in the village of Butterleigh, mid Devon, has been sold for an undisclosed figure in excess of the £350,000 asking...

Pair head west to build on reputation of village pub

10-Oct-2002

The only pub in the village of Talaton near Exeter, the Talaton Inn, has changed hands. The 16th century inn was sold by Joyce Baddeley and Michelle...