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Joker, Stoke-on-Trent

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Operator: Independent
Finstock Avenue, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3JU (View on Google Map)

This Pub is Permanently Closed

UPDATE - Closed in 2020 and application for demolition submitted which local residents supported. Permission to demolish granted November 2020. Proposal for residential buildings on the site.

Two-roomed estate-type pub, prominent on the main road opposite the shops, looking very smart after undergoing a thorough refurbishment; it was the first pub to be built on the new Blurton estate in the 1950s. The old pool room is now a room where children can play games.

Historic Interest

Was on CAMRAs historic pub interior of regional importance list as a rare example of 1960s estate pub.

Information for this venue is provided by the Potteries Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
City of Stoke-on-Trent (B)
Last updated
03/05/2021
Last surveyed
19/03/2019
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
individual
Pub ID
POT/3248
Asset of Community Value

A rare example of an estate pub built in around 1960 with three rooms that is little changed over the years. The front left lobby has an off sales which is now sealed up but visible from the servery side and both the gents’ and ladies' off here are unchanged. The public bar has the original bar counter with a new frontage added to it, original bar back fitting with sloping lower shelves and a Formica top and a lovely mirror feature in the centre with mosaic mirror pieces to the left and right. The fixed seating looks modern so might be refurbished.

The room on the left with ‘Shuffles’ in the window glass looks refurbished but contains lots of Formica so the counter and bar back could be original.

The function room on the right retains its original counter with wooden panels added on the front in 2016 and a Formica top. The bar back is the original with sloping shelves, a Formica top and mirrored central feature with mosaic mirror pieces to the left and right. Re-upholstered original fixed seating with some new wood panels attached in 2016. The lobby from the right door has original tiled floor and both the gents' and ladies' off it are unchanged.
 

A rare example of an estate pub built in around 1960 with three rooms that is little changed over the years. The front left lobby has an off sales which is now sealed up but visible from the servery side and both the gents’ and ladies' off here are unchanged. The public bar has the original bar counter with a new frontage added to it, original bar back fitting with sloping lower shelves and a Formica top and a lovely mirror feature in the centre with mosaic mirror pieces to the left and right. The fixed seating looks modern so might be refurbished.

The room on the left with ‘Shuffles’ in the window glass looks refurbished but contains lots of Formica so the counter and bar back could be original.

The function room on the right retains its original counter with wooden panels added on the front in 2016 and a Formica top. The bar back is the original with sloping shelves, a Formica top and mirrored central feature with mosaic mirror pieces to the left and right. Re-upholstered original fixed seating with some new wood panels attached in 2016. The lobby from the right door has original tiled floor and both the gents' and ladies' off it are unchanged.
 

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