Sir John Barleycorn pub to raise the height of its chimneys
ONE of Hampshire's oldest pubs has been given permission to raise the height of its chimneys to avoid the risk of a devastating fire. Civic chiefs have approved an application to safeguard the Sir John Barleycorn by increasing the distance between the top of the chimneys and the pub's thatched roof. The 12th century building at Southampton Road, Cadnam, was originally a row of cottages - one of which was owned by the Purkiss family. One of their ancestors found the body of King William Rufus after he died during a hunting expedition in the New Forest in 1100. The body was placed on a ...