List of pubs named Carpenter Arms in the United Kingdom

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The following list is for Public Houses commonly called "pubs" in the United Kingdom entitled or once entitled "Carpenter Arms." Some of these date back to the development of "true English Pubs" created by English alehouses.

Bedfordshire

• A former pub in Dunstable.^[1] The premises now house a dental practice.^[2]

• A pub in the village of Harlington.^[3]

Berkshire

• A former pub in Reading located on the corner of Orts Road and Arthur Road, which was closed and demolished c.1975 as part of the Newtown area redevelopment.^[4][5]

• A former pub in Remenham, on the Berkshire side of the River Thames next to Henley Bridge. The pub was demolished in 1984 and the headquarters of Henley Rowing Club built on the site. A plaque and foundation stone remain in its place.^[6]

• A pub and French restaurant located in Sunninghill near Ascot.^[7]

• A pub in Windsor owned by the Nicholson's chain. The pub was built in 1518 and has passages from its cellars that ran to the nearby Windsor Castle but have since been bricked up.^[8]

Blaenau Gwent

• A pub in Llanhilleth, a village between Ebbw Vale and Crumlin. Behind the Carpenter's Arms pub are two large mounds which are the remains of the medieval Llanhilleth castle.^[9]

Bristol

• A former pub in Charlton, a small hamlet near Bristol. After World War II, the pub and most of the village was demolished for an extension of the main runway at Filton Airfield, now Filton Aerodrome.^[10][11][12]
• At least ten former pubs in the city of Bristol.^[13]

Buckinghamshire

• A former public house in the village of Chalfont St Peter.^[14] Located on the High Street, it has since been demolished.^[15]

• A pub in the town of Marlow which is a Grade II listed building.^[16] In 2009 it was rebranded as an Irish bar and renamed O'Donoghue's.^[17]

• A public house in the village of Slapton. It is a half-timbered construction begun in the 16th century under a thatched roof.^[18]

• A pub in the village of Stewkley.^[19]

Cambridgeshire

• A pub located in Victoria Road, Arbury, Cambridge, owned by Punch Taverns^[20] which closed in 2011,^[21][22] but re-opened in 2013 as a gastropub.^[23][24]

• A pub in the village of Coates.^[25]

• A gastropub in the village of Great Wilbraham. The building is Grade II listed, dating back to the 1640s and has been a pub since 1729.^[26]

• A pub in the town of Soham on Brook Street.^[27]

• A pub in Stanground, a residential area of the city of Peterborough, located on South Street.^[28]

• A former pub in the village of Tydd St Giles, near Wisbech, which was situated on Buttersmith Alley.^[29][30]

• A former public house in Whittlesey which is known historically as Whittlesea, about six miles (10 km) east of Peterborough. The pub, now a private dwelling was located on Station Road.^[31]

• A pub in the village of Wimblington, Cambridgeshire. The building was constructed in the early 17th century and was named the Carpenter Arms by 1724.^[32]

Ceredigion

• A pub and inn in Llechryd,^[33] a village approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales.^[34]

Cornwall

• A pub in the town of Metherell.^[35]

Derbyshire

• A country pub in the village of Dale Abbey, near Derby and Ilkeston which is over 300 years old and has been in same family for more than 80 years.^[36]

Devon

• A former pub in the town of Dawlish, now a private residence, on Old Town Street.^[37] The pub was originally tied to the Dawlish Brewery, who passed it onto the Heavitree Brewery in the 1920s.^[38]

• A pub in the parish of Ilsington situated on the eastern edge of Dartmoor.^[39]

Dorset

• A new pub in Bransgore on the outskirts of the New Forest near Christchurch, Dorset.^[40]

East Yorkshire

• A former pub in Hull, on Great Union Street. First mentioned in 1806, it was known for a time as The Shipwrights Arms and was owned by the Hull Brewery when it closed in 1937. The building was bombed in 1941 and the current site is now occupied by a second-hand car lot.^[41]

• A former pub in Skirlaugh, which closed in 1968 and was located at the southern end of the village.^[42][43]

Essex

• A former pub on South Street (formerly Lower Railway Street)^[44] in the town of Braintree.^[45][46]

• A pub located in Smarts Lane in the town and civil parish of Loughton in the Epping Forest district of Essex.^[47] The pub has two bars - the back bar a public bar and the front bar a saloon bar.^[48]

• A pub located in Gate Street, Maldon. The building has been in existence since the 1340s and was purchased by the Maldon Brewery in 1847, eventually becoming its brewery tap until the brewery's closure in 1952.^[49]

• A pub/restaurant in the village of Rawreth, near Wickford, currently known as The Carpenters Restaurant.^[50]

Gibraltar

• The Gibraltar Methodist Church owns a non-alcoholic cafe called The Carpenter Arms.^[51]

Gloucestershire

• A country pub in the village of Miserden.^[52]

• A public house in Wick, a village in South Gloucestershire between Bristol and Chippenham.^[53] The pub is located on Church Road.

Herefordshire

• A village pub in Walterstone, near the Welsh border.^[54]

Hertfordshire

• A former pub in Berkhamsted, located on Park Street which may also have been known as The Gardeners Arms.^[55][56]

• A pub in the town of Harpenden.^[57] The pub has its own cricket team, Carpenters Arms CC.^[58]

Kent

• A former Whitbread pub in the village of Alkham, situated on Meggett Lane, which closed in 1969 and is now a private dwelling.^[59][60]

• A pub in the small village of Eastling, owned by the Shepherd Neame Brewery.^[61]

• A restaurant pub in Tonbridge that also provides accommodation.^[62]

Lincolnshire

• A pub in Fenton, a village of West Lindsey.^[63]

• A former public house in Stamford. Located in St Leonard's Street, it became a private house and is now used as a bed and breakfast establishment.^[64]

London

• A pub on Cheshire Street in east London which is a free house.^[65] It was once owned by the notorious Kray twins who bought it for their mother.^[66]

• A pub in Whitfield Street in the Fitzrovia neighbourhood of London near Tottenham Court Road.^[67]

• A gastropub in Hammersmith opened in 2007.^[68][69] Restaurant critic A. A. Gill gave the pub a five-star review in The Sunday Times.^[70]

• A pub on Kings Cross Road in the Kings Cross area of central London.^[71]

• A former pub in Elmira Street (prior to this, listed at Loampit Vale) in Lewisham. Opened in around 1855, the pub closed in 1956 and has since been demolished.^[72]
• Two former pubs in Limehouse, London, now both also demolished: one in Grenade Street^[73] and the latter on Ben Jonson Road. The latter, originally a beer house^[74] closed in c.1999^[75] and is now the site of a health centre.^[76] Was known as 'The Old Carpenters Arms' at the time of closure.^[75]

• A pub in Seymour Place, off Edgware Road in London near Marble Arch. The pub has been in existence since 1776 and was rebuilt in 1872.^[77] The pub is a Free House and is also home to the London branch of CAMRA.^[78]

• A former pub on the corner of Bridport Place and Rushton Street next to Shoreditch Park. It is uncertain as to when the pub opened, however it was in operation in the 1850s.^[79] The pub, known as Rushtons at the time of closure, was converted to residential units circa 2002, however the building still retains its pub signage.^[80]

• A tavern in St. Marylebone, run by the parents of Edward Coxen in the mid-1850s to 1882.^[81] Originally situated at Gray Place, later becoming Picton Place, the pub changed name to the Three Cheers before closing in 2004 and becoming a Chinese restaurant. The current address is 29a James Street.^[82]

• A pub on Cambridge Heath Road in the Stepney district of the East End.^[83]

Middlesex

• A pub in Hayes on Uxbridge Road, owned by Greene King.^[84]

Monmouthshire

• A restaurant pub in Coed-y-Paen, near Pontypool.^[85]

• A pub in Llanishen, Monmouthshire a village between Chepstow and Monmouth in the Wye Valley^[86][87]

• A former pub in the village of Llanvihangel Gobion, now called the Charthouse Pub Restaurant, currently serving an Italian theme. In 1901 the then Carpenters Arms had Samuel Summers as the publican.^[88]

• A pub in the village of Shirenewton.^[89]

Norfolk

• A pub in East Winch on the A47 road between Swaffham and King's Lynn.^[90] The road follows the route of the former railway line between the two.

Northamptonshire

• A public house in Lower Boddington^[91] owned by the Hook Norton Brewery.^[92]

North Lincolnshire

• A pub in Westwoodside where the Haxey Hood, a traditional annual event held every 6 January, is held between there and the village of Haxey.^[93]

North Yorkshire

• A traditional village inn in the village of Felixkirk on the outskirts of Thirsk.^[94]

Oxfordshire

• A pub in Appleford-on-Thames, a village which was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes. It was built in the 17th century^[95] and became a pub in 1891.^[96] The pub was renamed The Appleford Kitchen & Bar in 2011 under new owners, but closed in September 2012.^[97]

• A former tavern in Botley, which became a Beefeater restaurant^[98] and is now a McDonald's.^[99]

• A former pub on Hockmore Street, Cowley that closed in 1961 and was subsequently demolished to make way for the Cowley Centre redevelopment. The City of Oxford Silver Band rehearsed in a wooden hut in the pub's garden.^{[100][101][102]}

• A former pub in Crocker End, Nettlebed, south-east Oxfordshire, formerly owned by the Brakspear Brewery.^[103] Now a private dwelling.

• A gastropub in Fulbrook, a village in West Oxfordshire near Burford. It dates from the mid-17th century and was named the Carpenter Arms in the early 18th century.^[104] This is claimed to be the location where "Tom, Dick and Harry" were from. They were supposedly three of a family of eight brothers (and all three highwaymen) from the area in the late 18th century.^[105]

• A former Morrells brewery pub in the Jericho suburb of Oxford which closed in the 1990s and has since been converted into two houses.^[106]

• A pub in the village of Middle Barton. The building dates from the 17th-century and is grade II-listed.^[107]

• A pub in Witney located on Newland (formerly Oxford Road).^[108][109]

Somersetshire

• A pub and restaurant in the hamlet of Stanton Wick. Converted from mining cottages in the 19th century and now used as an inn.^[110]
• A pub and restaurant in Chilthorne Domer a village near Yeovil.^[111]

South Australia

• A tavern in Port Adelaide, a suburb of Adelaide, which opened in late 1850. The Arms was burnt down in 1865 and was replaced. In 1981 it was renamed The Globe.^[112]

Surrey

• A town centre pub in Camberley.^[113]

• A pub in Limpsfield Chart, a village near to Oxted, owned by the Westerham brewery.^[114]

Warwickshire

• A pub in Kineton, a large village in south-eastern Warwickshire. The tavern has a Chinese take-away inside and a restaurant.^[115]

Wiltshire

• A pub in the village of Sherston.^[116] This pub closed in 2013.^[117][118]

See also

• List of public house topics
• List of notable pubs in the UK

References