Once again this fine old block of a purpose-build pub (inn?) has been boarded-up.
As of late-January '11 there is no sign of activity and no agent's-board on display either.
Does anybody know what is happening to this building? Is it doomed for demolition or re-development - perhaps it'll become a bookies? I don't think there's one nearby.
I'd love to take charge of it and enter an unknown world of a licensee to make it a place that decent people want to go to for socialising and entertainment.
I've got plans...
Information is gratefully received.
Lol
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Do you or an acquaintance know the owners Steve?
Why would their 'plans' have taken a year?
I'd love for someone who would care about the pub and the area to take charge as well. I wasn't a huge fan of the alternative / rock incarnation (as much as those appeal) because the premises have so much more to offer to everyone.
I don't imagine the betting shop is likely as the old Burger King nearby seems to be in line for that as the notice I just saw says.
I guess the problem is the size of the pub which means higher investment costs and a greater need to ensure a lot of destination custom to create a vibrancy that brings people back.
But the potential - A beer garden with greenery for summer? A sheltered area (meaning a more pleasant environment for those who smoke, relating back to a previous post)... A great front of pub area for a more traditional feel... and then a back room that could easily be seperated to keep the front busy and bustling or used for community or group functions, a weekend disco (ah go one - alternative / rock) or anything else...
If it was going to work I think a good bit of marketing would be needed and the sort of community minded involvement that has made the Big Green Bookshop viable and hopefully profitable... but with the transport links, and a community that still enjoys a good drink, there's enough potential to bring the nice drinking folk of the area in and discourage the less pleasant elements.
Good luck Lol and keep us informed - I think you'll get a lot of support if you can make this work...
Would like to see it back up and running but like others in this link not as it was before. It would be great if we could have a pub / cafe / theatre / cinema / dance / music / function venue - so lacking around here and certainly well located so could work. Keep us updated as more info comes about.
Like many large pubs within the Borugh
Suprised it's not been taken over for Flat's
Noticed several other later built Pub / Resturants have been pulled down
As owners can no longer afford to pay costs of keeping them unused
Joys of a Smoking Ban & Supermarket prices
Completely disagree with your negative view of the Salisbury. And anyway, if they are miserable staff, who cares as the building is a joy. I did ask them whether they would be interested in the Queens and the manager said 'no'. It's a pub that has been a few different things in recent years but none of them have worked.
well.. there you go ..so the Queens Head needs a little more soul. Pricey? yes but not extortionate, miserable staff? no. But if we get more ambitious then we are in real danger of letting the Queens Head going back to aptly descibed earlier as a SportsDirect with cooking oil. Oh and the point about toilets by Clair is also fair.
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