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In the 18th century the ait was inhabited; a main building was a latter-day notorious pub, the Swan or Three Swans; its trade was ended in 1796. [3] On the Brentford bank, the Swan Steps lead down to the river at the east end of the long and narrow park, Waterman's Park. From these the crossing to the pub ran.
The Brentford Trilogy is a series of twelve novels by writer Robert Rankin. [1] They humorously chronicle the lives of a couple of drunken middle-aged layabouts, Jim Pooley and John Omally, who confront the forces of darkness in the environs of West London, usually with the assistance of large quantities of beer from their favourite public house, The Flying Swan.
Garden Corner. Garden Corner is a Grade II* listed house at 13 Chelsea Embankment, Chelsea, London.. It was built in 1879 in deep red brick in the Dutch Renaissance style on the site of the Old Swan pub, and the architect was Edward l'Anson Jr. [1] [2]
By 1996, a carvery was £6.95; by the mid-1990s there were many more pub-restaurants to directly compete with [4] Not all Toby Restaurants had a self-serve Toby Carvery section - the Forest Gate (named after Charnwood Forest) in Loughborough added a carvery in November 1996, at a cost of £200,000. The company headquarters was Hagley House in ...
The pub, in 2013. The Old Swan is a historic public house in Gargrave, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The pub was built in either the 18th century, or the early 19th century. It was grade II listed in 1989. [1] In 2020, the landlord attempted to burn down the building, and had to be rescued from the roof of the building while it was ...
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The pub was originally three buildings dating from the 15th century before becoming a single property. [1] [5] One of the buildings became a pub in 1738. A house next door was integrated into the pub in 1866 and in 1937 the pub was extended into a third property. [1] The building has a Grade II listing, meaning it is of 'special interest'. [6]
The Swan Inn (formerly thought to have been called the Saracen's Head) is a Grade II listed [1] pub dating back several centuries. It is located in the City of Westminster at 66 Bayswater Road, London W2.