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Riviera Centre, Torquay
11-13 April 2025
One of the most prestigious beer competitions in the world.
Units 3-5, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Heathfield Street, Elland, HX5 9AE
Westgate Brewery, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QT
Present building dates from 1939, and was designed by J. H. Walters, but a pub of the same name existed here since the late 1860's. Originally had a thatched roof, similar to the Bleeding Wolf [q.v.]. This caught fire in 1956 and was replaced with tiles. It houses a separate restaurant behind its partial mock-Tudor exterior. The bar menu is extensive. Large beer garden.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
Built in 1939 by architect J.H. Walters, this is one of the major 1930s Cheshire roadhouses in this guide built for Robinsons' Brewery (the others in this guide are the Church House, Buglawton, and Bleeding Wolf, Scholar Green). Unfortunately it lost its thatched roof to fire in 1956. The left-hand entrance retains its revolving door which leads into a large room which houses the servery with its original tapering bar counter (the bar-back is more recent). Note the legs of man over the fireplace. Archways have been cut to the room on the right which still has its original brick fireplace. A door on the right leads out to the gents' with four large original urinals and wall-tiling. The restaurant (rear left) is much as it was originally with panelling and another legs of man over the fireplace. The gents' beyond the restaurant is also intact with two big urinals and tiled walls.
One of three similar roadhouses built by Robinsons in the 1930s (the others are the Bleeding Wolf, Scholar Green (A34) and Church House, Buglawton (A54) but this one lost its thatched roof in a fire in 1956. On the right-hand side the entrance retains its revolving door while the public bar has a counter which appears to be of the 1930s but the bar back only dates back to the 1960s (except perhaps for its cigar cabinet). The fixed seating may be the original but is boxed-in and there is a modern fireplace. Archways have been cut to the room on the right which retains its original semi-circular brick fireplace. A door on the right leads out to the gents' which still retains its four large urinals and tiling on the wall.
At the rear left is a panelled passageway leading to the restaurant with 1930s oak panelling all around the room, a wood surround fireplace with the Legs of Man above it but the double doors into the room are no longer in use and the staff door at the rear is used instead. The gents' beyond the restaurant is also intact with two big urinals and tiled walls.
Legs of Man, Arclid
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Garden
Family Friendly
Parking
Dog Friendly
Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub
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