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Gate Inn, High Street – 30 Sodbury Road, Wickwar GL12 8NR

There is a reference to the Gate Inn in 1851. The address is given as Sodbury Road in 1901. A private house at 30 Sodbury Road is called the Old Gate (GL12 8NR). Opposite the house are the remains of the pound building which can still be seen in the boundary wall. However, it is […]

Crown Inn, High Street, Wickwar

There is a reference to the Crown in 1716. In his will of 2nd March 1742/3 John Andrews left the Crown Inn and four other properties in Wickwar to his son Thomas Andrews and his son in law Edward Rice with instructions to sell them ‘with all convenient speed after my demise.’ Licensing Details: Owner […]

Bell ?, Wickwar

The Sign of the Bell is mentioned in 1682. No other details at present.

Beaufort Arms / Wickwar Social Club, 35 High Street, Wickwar

An early reference to the Beaufort Arms is in 1839. The premises is now home to the Wickwar Social Club. https://www.wickwarsocial.club Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery Rateable Value in 1891: £11.5s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse Owner in 1903: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery Rateable […]

Swan Inn, Duck Street, Tytherington GL12 8QB

The traditional village pub was converted from a 16th century farmhouse. The Swan Inn has original beams and open log fires. https://www.theswantytherington.co.uk Map Reference: ST 882669 Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Lloyd Hardwicke Hardwicke (free from brewery tie) Rateable Value in 1891: £14.7s.6d. Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse Owner in 1903: Lloyd Hardwicke Hardwicke […]

Plough Inn \ Talbot Inn?, Tresham, nr Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 7RW

Tresham is an isolated hamlet about two and a half miles to the South East of Wotton-Under-Edge. The building is now a private house called Plough House with nothing to indicate that it was once a pub. With the Plough’s close proximity and connection to Talbot farm it is possible it was the Talbot Inn […]

De Vere Tortworth Court, Tortworth GL12 8HH

https://www.devere.co.uk Tortworth Court was built for the first Earl of Ducie in 1850. A massive fire damaged large parts of the Victorian building in 1991. English Heritage commissioned a report into the structure of the building and revealed that it was in danger of actually falling down. The future looked bleak. Entrepreneur Brian Murtagh saw […]