Heritage Pub Bulletins

December 01, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Northern Ireland, FORT BAR, Belfast. We reported last month that the Fort Bar had closed with owners Beannchor Group considering their options for the pub. It did not take them long to come to a decision...

October 31, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Staffordshire, VINE, Stoke-on-Trent. The Vine, a very rare example of a small Victorian back-street local which has been in the same family since 1939, closed in 2021 when landlord Sid Alcock retired. Sid sadly died last...

September 30, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Staffordshire, DUKE WILLIAM, Stoke-on-Trent. The Duke William, originally built in 1815, but included on the inventory for its a largely intact 1930’s interior, closed in August. Licensee Stephen Udall had only re-opened the pub in July....

September 02, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   West Midlands, BARTONS ARMS, Birmingham. We are pleased to hear that the Bartons Arms reopened on the 31st August. This famous Birmingham pub was designed by architects James & Lister Lea for Mitchell & Butlers and...

July 31, 2024

CAMRA Heritage Award. We bring you news of the inaugural ‘Heritage Award’ - a new annual CAMRA national award which will be run in tandem with CAMRA’s well established Pub Saving Award. The Heritage Award will celebrate the successful revitalisation...

June 29, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Merseyside, VINES, Liverpool. The winners of the annual CAMRA Pub Design Awards were revealed in the opulent surroundings of the magnificent Vines on the 19th June. The grade II* Vines has been awarded the prestigious Historic...

May 31, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Sunderland & South Tyneside, STAGS HEAD, South Shields. This traditional town centre pub dates from 1897 and has an unusual floorplan from that period - having one downstairs and one upstairs bar due to the narrow...

April 30, 2024

Local Inventory Project Dave Pickersgill from the Pub Heritage Group has been working on producing guidance for CAMRA branches to produce Local Inventories of pubs of historic interest. The project was launched at the CAMRA AGM in Dundee on April...

March 27, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   West Yorkshire, NEW BEEHIVE, Bradford. Dave Gamston reports that Bradford City Council have granted planning permission to convert the New Beehive to a (Supported) House in Multiple Occupation, against the recommendation of their own conservation officer...

March 01, 2024

Three Star Heritage Pubs   West Midlands, BARTONS ARMS, Birmingham. Many of you will have already learned of the sudden closure on the 31st January of the Bartons Arms, one of the most impressive pubs from the close of the Victorian...