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Picture source: Barry Taylor
The Mafeking Hero was situated on Bank Street. This grade-II listed 17th century coaching inn that was initially known as The White Hart, however was renamed after the 217-day siege of Mafeking, in South Africa, had been relieved in 1900. the pub name honoured men from the village who survived the siege. A Whitbread Ales pub at time of closure, but the early picture above seems to be Blakes Ales of Gosport. It is now used as the Bishop's Waltham Tandoori restaurant.
Listed building details:
Coaching inn; hotel with shop incorporated. C18, with early C19 extensions, and minor C20 changes. Walls of painted brickwork in Flemish bond, high plinth, cambered ground-floor openings, 1st floor band. Hipped tile roof, moulded eaves band and also brick dentil eaves, catslide to part of rear. The building has a large L-shaped wing to the west side and rear, a carriage arch, and a main block with a smaller rear wing; south front elevation of two storeys, 1.1.3 windows. Victorian sashes, and also casements. Early C20 entrance with a large moulded canopy, decorative architrave, and spreading steps with wrought-iron rails. The yard at the rear exposes a varied set of vernacular structures, former stables now garages and stores.
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Picture source: Hania Franek
	Picture source: Barry Taylor