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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.

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 ...

Published: 1:34 PM December 16, 2020    The Iron Duke, a listed building in Great Yarmouth famous for its Art Deco features, could be brought back into use by the town's preservation trust. - Credit: Great Yarmouth Borough Council A listed pub famed for its Art Deco design is a step closer to being brought back into use.  The Iron Duke, on Great Yarmouth’s seafront, has been derelict since 2008 – but on Tuesday (December 15), Great Yarmouth Borough Council agreed a loan enabling the town’s preservation trust to buy the building from its current owners Bourne Leisure.  Three years ...