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The courtyard of the New Inn (2016) The New Inn, 16 Northgate Street, Gloucester, England, is a timber framed building used as a public house, hotel and restaurant.It is the most complete surviving example of a medieval courtyard inn with galleries in Britain, and is a Grade I listed building. [1]
Bleeding Heart Yard pictured in 2010. Bleeding Heart Yard is a cobbled courtyard off Greville Street in the Holborn area of the London Borough of Camden.The courtyard is probably named after a 16th-century inn sign dating back to the Reformation that was displayed on a pub called the Bleeding Heart in nearby Charles Street.
The George Inn, or The George, is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, London, owned and leased by the National Trust.It is located about 250 metres (820 ft) from the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge and is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn.
The rebuilt east range holds the parlour and an eight-light mullion window overlooking the courtyard. [2] The first floor contains two windows, with one a in a recessed canted bay. [3] The current sign of The Mischief. The pub was called The Wine Vaults, trading under Carter Steward and Co Wine Vaults in the 1890s until being renamed The ...
Pat O'Brien's is home to the original flaming fountain (located in the courtyard) and the hurricane cocktail. There is also a piano bar, featuring twin "dueling" pianos where local entertainers take song requests. The dueling piano bar is thought to be the first of its kind. [3] Pat O'Brien's signature hurricane
The inn has a galleried courtyard. [2] The inn became part of the stage coach route between London and South West England. On 12 June 1668 the noted diarist Samuel Pepys, with his wife and servants, passed through Norton St Philip on their way to Bath from Salisbury. [3] [7]
A mounting block in the courtyard survives from this period. John Ward Knowles painted a stained glass sign for the pub in 1846, variations on which have been its logo since. In 1885, the pub was renamed as the "Old White Swan", to emphasise its long history. [1] In 1971, the pub was grade II listed. [2]
He is said to have personally rallied his troops in the cobbled courtyard before raiding nearby settlements sympathetic to the English in the 15th century. Another undocumented claim to fame is that the first floor of the inn was reputedly used as a Court of Law where capital punishment was imposed for certain offences, including sheep stealing.