Great Yarmouth's Iron Duke pub getting roof repairs
Efforts to save a Grade II listed pub on Great Yarmouth's seafront have taken a step forward.
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Efforts to save a Grade II listed pub on Great Yarmouth's seafront have taken a step forward.
People are invited to give their views on the future of a historic seafront pub in Great Yarmouth.
The Iron Duke, an Art Deco pub in Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, could be set for a new lease of life.
A derelict seafront pub which has been gathering dust for more than a decade could finally have its future secured by the end of the year.
Upstairs there are smashed basins and holes in the floor, net curtains hanging limply in depressing shreds. Bernard Williamson, chairman of Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust, behind what was the main bar at the Iron Duke pub. - Credit: Jess Coppings The journey to preserve, restore, and re-use is likely to be long and costly, but for the former pub's new owners - Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust - the fighting spirit is strong. Trust chairman Bernard Williamson said negotiations with its former owners Bourne Leisure had been going on for some years until they agreed to sell it to the trust ...