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The Plough was situated at 81 Chapel Street. Dating from the 18th Century (the earliest recorded use is from 1795) this pub is grade-II listed, it was sold at auction by owner EI Group in September 2017. The pub was first recorded under the Farrow family, remaining in their hands until around 1860. In November 1888, the body of an infant was discovered in the roof. Six years later, in 1894, Thatcham Football Club played their first recorded match, and used the nearby Plough Inn as their base.

Thames Valley Police has uncovered a suspected cannabis farm at an unused pub in Thatcham. Officers were called to The Plough Inn on Chapel Street at around 3.15pm on Sunday (May 15). The grade 2 listed public house, which sits along the A4 is currently vacant.

Newbury Today (May 2022)

Listed building details:

Public House. C17 and C19. Painted and rendered timber frame with old tile roof, hipped to left. End stacks to right and left, with stack in front of ridge off-centre to left. 2 framed bays. 2 storeys. 3 C19.first floor casements, 2 C20 casements to right on ground floor and one to left with segmental head. Doorway between first and second windows from left, with architrave and flat hood.

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