Punch Bowl, Hurst Green

This pub used to stand on the B6243 between Longridge and Hurst Green and was Grade II listed.. Legend goes that it was used by highway men Dick Turpin and Ned King and it was reputed to be haunted by King's ghost. It was closed in the summer of 2012 and stood empty until June 2021 when it was demolished. However, the tale does not end there, as the owners did not have planning permission to demolish and at a magistrates court hearing in 2022, the parties responsible were order to rebuild the pub, brick by brick to its previous state. Whether or not the pub will reopen once this has been done is uncertain.

Details of Grade II listing: C Public House, '1793 R E, on plaque above door, with mid C19th addition to the east. Possibly originally a pair of cottages with a barn to the west now converted to form part of the pub. Squared watershot sandstone with slate roof. 2 storeys. The C18th portion comprises 2 bays with end stacks having sashed windows with glazing bars in plain stone surrounds, and 2 central plain stone door surrounds, the right-hand one being blocked. To the right is the possible former barn, with a double sash in plain stone surround with a similar single sash to its right. At the left is a taller bay which appears to be of the same build, with sashed windows with glazing bars in plain stone surrounds and a blocked doorway to the left. At the far left is the C19th addition, of larger sandstone blocks with moulded cornice. The left-hand bay has blank plain stone window surrounds, the right-hand bay having a door and 1st floor window, both with similar surrounds, the window being sashed with glazing bars. The left-hand return wall, visible from the road, is of 2 bays with plain stone surrounds to sashed windows with glazing bars, except for the central 1st floor window which is modern.