After a lengthy absence, the CAMRA national Pub Heritage website is now back on line in a much improved format. This is the definitive guide to the nation’s most important historic pub interiors. Since the 1960s few pubs have escaped major changes but this website helps you seek out the best remaining historic examples. This … Continue reading CAMRA pub heritage update →

Thanks to everyone who joined one of the three Pub Heritage walks which I recently led as part of Heritage Open Days and Sheffield Walking Festival. Over fifty participants took part in one of two routes, feedback was very positive and all seemed to enjoy the experience. Thanks again to Fagan’s and the Fat Cat … Continue reading Pub Heritage Walks →

The third edition of Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs: Pub Interiors of Historic Interest, the CAMRA book about Heritage Pubs in Sheffield, is now available as a FREE DOWNLOAD: https://sheffield.camra.org.uk/rhp/ The download was first available in October 2017 and was updated a year later. October 2019 brings the third edition. This 114 page book includes almost 100 new images, updated … Continue reading Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs – new download →

A planning application was recently made to demolish The Plough Inn (Sandygate Road, Crosspool).  The Plough was a Tennants pub for many years. In 1962, ownership changed when Whitbread took over Sheffield-based Tennants. In 2003, Enterprise Inns (Ei) took ownership. Since then, there appears to have been no serious maintenance work. Many would claim that … Continue reading Plough Inn, Crosspool →

As part of Heritage Open days 2019, I’m leading a Pub Heritage Walk on Friday 13th.September and two walks on 20th.September. These will take in some of the entries in the CAMRA ‘Sheffield’s Real Heritage Pubs’ book. On Friday 13th., in this new walk, we will commence at the ‘Fat Cat’ and proceed to the … Continue reading Heritage Open Days 2019 – Sheffield Pub Heritage Walk →

The Crow Inn, Scotland St., Sheffield  S3 7BS Originally opened as a Rawsons pub in 1797, the C20th.saw a series of changes resulting in the closure of the pub in 2010, the building becoming The Sleep Hotel. Recently, under the same management as the Rutland Arms, it reopened with the new name. The porch has … Continue reading The Crow Inn – its history →

As previously reported in ‘Beer Matters,’ Carbrook Hall, the pub, closed two years ago, stood empty for 18 months and, late last year, planning permission was granted to change the building into a drive-through Starbucks. Since then, much building work has occurred. So far, the owners claim to have spent £735k: roof work, removal of … Continue reading Carbrook Hall update →

We were recently contacted regarding some etched windows at the Royal Standard on St. Mary’s Road. These looked the part: three glass panels across the front of the pub, each with a distinctive ‘HB’ initial. The initial suggestion was that ‘HB’ referred to the long-lost Hoosons Brewery (1865–1914). Their Park Brewery on Cricket Inn Road, … Continue reading Heritage Pubs: Royal Standard →

The Eyre Arms at Hassop is now on the CAMRA National Inventory of Pub Interiors. The building was originally a farmstead, built in 1632. By 1753, ‘Eyre Arms as a Public House at Hassop.’ In 1814, the name changed to ‘Newburg Arms Inn’ and in 1902 it returned to the Eyre Arms. The creeper covered sandstone … Continue reading Eyre Arms, Hassop →

Since the last edition of Beer Matters went to print, a planning application to alter Carbrook Hall into a drive-through Starbucks has been submitted to Sheffield City Council (reference: 18/03366/LBC – tinyurl.com/y979vlhd). We are pleased to note that: (i) over 18 months after Carbrook Hall was closed as a Public House, a detailed planning application … Continue reading Carbrook Hall →