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Picture source: Francisca Biggs

The Ivy House was situated at 199 High Street. This grade-II listed pub closed in 2008. Previously known as The Elephant & Castle.

This pub reopened in 2009. The fascinating thing about this was the pub sign; although the pub was known as the Ivy House, the sign was clearly for "The Elephant and Castle". Unfortunately it now has a crude sign just with the outline of a piece of Ivy. It seems that not only are pubs lost, but also many of the superb signs, many of which had a great story behind them

Fred Lemont (December 2010)

Closed again in 2018.

Francisca Biggs (October 2019)

Now reopened.

Graeme Nash (July 2020)

Listed building details:

L-shaped timber-framed building of which the ground floor has mostly been rebuilt in brick, but with some timbering visible, above tile hung, with a slight bellcast and trace of bressummer between. Steeply pitched tiled roof. Casement windows. 2 storeys. 3 windows. The back of the building is all of painted brick.

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