{"id":2840,"date":"2022-07-25T16:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:24:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:24:44","slug":"pub-heritage-news-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/07\/25\/pub-heritage-news-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Pub heritage news &#8211; July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whether it was coincidence or not, I don\u2019t know, but, on Beer Day Britain (15 June), Historic England announced that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport had agreed to either give a statutory listing to or upgrade an existing listing for eleven pubs which have interiors of historic value. They acknowledged the input from CAMRA\u2019s Pub Heritage Group. It was also mentioned on BBC Radio Four\u2019s Today Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four London pubs were included in the exercise. The following have been listed for the first time, both at Grade II:<br>\u2022Admiral Vernon, Dagenham (RM10 9HP)<br>\u2022Blythe Hill Tavern, Forest Hill (SE23 1JB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/whatpub-new.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/images\/pubs\/800x600%402x\/SEL-10808-134999-blythe-hill-tavern-forest-hill.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Other changes:<br>\u2022Prince Alfred, Maida Vale (W9 1EE) \u2013 upgraded to Grade II<em>;<\/em><br><em>\u2022Red Lion, Westminster (SW1P 3AT) \u2013 relisted at Grade II. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>T<\/em>he list included some famous pubs that many readers will know. Just to take a couple, the Bridge Inn in Topsham, Devon (EX3 0QQ) has been relisted at Grade II with an updated description and Whitelock\u2019s Ale House in Leeds (LS1 6HB) has been upgraded from Grade II to Grade II.<br>The chief executive of Historic England, Duncan Wilson, said, \u201cAt a time when many historic pubs in England are susceptible to change or at risk of closure, we are pleased to celebrate pubs that have kept their remarkable interiors. These rare interiors help tell the fascinating story of pubs over the centuries and how they reflected society.\u201d The quality of the work of CAMRA\u2019s Pub Heritage Group is demonstrated by the respect that Historic England has for it and it is something that CAMRA members can be proud of. It is a contribution to pub preservation that no-one else provides.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LATEST LONDON PUB HERITAGE NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I am on the subject, here are some further items of news, courtesy of CAMRA\u2019s Pub Heritage Bulletin for May 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Argyll Arms, Soho (W1F 7TP): the pub has reopened after the refurbishment mentioned in the last edition.<br>\u2022Audley, Mayfair (W1K 2RX): the pub remains shut (since April 2019) but new lessees have taken over and plan to have a restaurant, rooms and an art gallery on the upper floors with the ground floor remaining as a pub. The work will include the restoration of the pub\u2019s historic features.<br>\u2022Cauliflower, Ilford (IG1 1TZ): the pub, which is a classic gin palace dating from around 1900, has been closed since a fire in July 2018. It is now reported to be under offer. Fingers crossed.<br>\u2022Duke\u2019s Head, Putney (SW15 1JN): this Grade II-listed Young\u2019s house has recently seen the removal of the dreaded \u2018gastropub special\u2019 grey-green paint from its woodwork, now restored to its natural state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see how special these pubs are, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/pubheritage.camra.org.uk\/\">CAMRA\u2019s Pub Heritage website<\/a>. This contains full descriptions of these and many other wonderful pubs plus some wonderful photographs, many taken by Michael Slaughter LRPS, a good friend of this magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it was coincidence or not, I don\u2019t know, but, on Beer Day Britain (15 June), Historic England announced that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport had agreed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pub-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2842,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions\/2842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}