Sun Inn, North Street, Winchcombe
Winchcombe was a beer drinkers paradise in Victorian times. Beers could be sampled from the Brockhampton Brewery, Cheltenham Original Brewery, Flowers & Sons Stratford Brewery, Donnington Brewery and Greens Stow Brewery. Until Flowers acquired Lardner’s Brewery of Little Compton the beer drinkers of Winchcombe could also enjoy the rare Lardner’s brews at the Sun Inn. […]
Original Pack Horse, Gloucester Street, Winchcombe
Owner in 1891: George Nash (free from brewery tie) Rateable value in 1891: £12.15s.0d. Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse Owner in 1903: George Thomas Combe, Brockhampton Brewery Rateable value in 1903: £12.15s.0d. Type of licence in 1903: Beerhouse Closing time in 1903: 11pm Landlords: 1891 Henry Brookes 1903 George Allen
North Street Brewery, North Street, Winchcombe
The faint painted wording ‘North Street Brewery’ can still be seen above street level. On the corner of Chandos Street and North Street. Any information about this old brew house would be particularly welcome. Could this be the Dog & Gun in Chandos Street?
Plaisterers Arms, The Square, Winchcombe
The Plaisterers Arms is on the southern side of the Square in the centre of the town not far from the parish church which is famous for its grotesque gargoyles. The pub was once owned by the Combe’s Brockhampton Brewery. When the brewery was sold to Ind Coope & Co the Plaisterers Arms was also […]
Marquis of Granby, North Street, Winchcombe
The pub had closed by February 1915. Old photographs show that the Marquis of Granby was on the south side of North Street, two or three houses from the eastern end, almost opposite the George Hotel. The building is now occupied by Granby House fashions. Licensing Details: Owner in 1891: Cheltenham Original Brewery Rateable value […]
George Hotel, High Street, Winchcombe
The George Hotel was once an important coaching inn in the town of Winchcombe. It occupied a central position opposite the junction with North Street. A booklet ‘Gloucestershire Inns’, published in 1924 contains the following: ‘’At Winchcombe the George is reminiscent of past centuries. It was once the favourite resort of hosts of pious pilgrims […]
Gate Tavern, North Street, Winchcombe
Referred to as the Old Gate Inn in 1830 Pigots. The Gate was on the western side of North Street close to the junction with Back Lane. It had presumably been delicensed by 1891 as it is not recorded in the 1891 petty sessional divisional records. There is a later reference to a Gate Coffee […]
Dog & Gun, Chandos Street, Winchcombe
The Dog and Gun is a long lost Donnington Brewery pub. Chandos Street is located just off North Street. It is possible (but not yet confirmed) that the Dog & Gun is now a private house. The Dog & Gun Inn was described as ‘dilapidated’ in a contemporary reference. Cheltenham Chronicle, Saturday 27th February 1926 […]
Ye Olde Corner Cupboard, 83 Gloucester Street, Winchcombe GL54 5LX
The Old Corner Cupboard is a truly old Cotswold stone building dating from at least 1550 when it was rebuilt. It is architecturally interesting with four large stone buttresses supporting the walls. In one room there is a massive fireplace and another bar boasts stone walls which were taken from the ruins of Winchcombe Abbey. […]
Crown Inn, Gloucester Street, Winchcombe
In 1891 the premises is listed in the Gloucestershire licensing book as having no name. The Crown Inn stood on the corner of Gloucester Street (number 18 with the adjacent cottage) and Mill Lane, which is almost opposite the parish church. The Crown closed at 10pm in 1903 – hardly good business sense as the […]
