This gabled front conjures up something of pre-Georgian Bath. According to the credible date carved on it, The Saracen’s Head was built in 1713 -...

This house is older than it looks. 14 and 15 Westgate Street next door were once one house, given a grand face-lift around 1720. But...

This pub is housed in a former Georgian coaching inn, York House, later the Royal York Hotel. Victoria stayed there as a princess. The notice...

There is more to this building than meets the eye. A casual glance will spot its Georgian windows. The date c.1750 is painted on...

England’s greatest dramatist is honoured in quite a few pub names. This house was built only 20 years after Shakespeare’s death, if we accept the...

The oldest pub in Bristol has been licensed since 1606. The tall gabled section is the original inn. Houses on either side were damaged in...

This historic pub stands on the site of the gatehouse of St James Priory. Its vaulted cellars apparently date to the medieval period. The inn...

This old coaching inn has hidden charms. From the front it looks late Georgian, but that was a smart façade pasted over an older building....

The pub name gives away the history of the village, which was dominated for centuries by the owners of Montacute House. The building is late...

This is a quality 16th Century coaching inn that Thomas Hardy called ’The Sow and Acorn’ in "Tess of the d’Urbervilles". Set in the picturesque...

This is a pretty 16th Century, thatched pub, painted cream, and rose-clad in the summer. The pub is cosy and intimate with flagstone floors, beams,...