Major Oak, Arnold

Post-war estate pub formerly tied to Home Ales. The Major Oak "opened 9 September 1965. It is adjacent to council depot and Nottinghamshire fire services headquarters. This survives well, with its original windows, and inside the original bar fronts and bar backs, though there is little other decoration. The plan is almost identical to the Phoenix at Gedling, with a central lounge between two entrances, one of which leads to a long rear public bar – the side elevations are almost identical. Here there is a low, later extension on the other end. Arnold UDC: DC/A/4/12/1/9356/2997, plans by Reginald Cooper and Partners, dated February 1964, show an ‘L’-shaped plan with the public bar to the front and the lounge at right-angles, and an enclosed garden shelter with a stone wall beyond. There is a three- bed flat over the public bar and rear stores. The plans show a large car park to the left as survives. It was designed by Marsden for the Home Brewery Co. There was a separate application for an advertising sign in 1973." (Elain Harwood / Historic England). [Gedling Borough Council; Ernehale Ward / Nottinghamshire County Council; Arnold South / Gedling Parliamentary Constituency]