Historical artefacts salvaged as Norfolk pub is demolished
Lifting up floorboards in the oldest part of the pub, he added: "These are nice, properly old boards, so we will save every one we can."
A planning inspector prevented the pub's demolition in 2022 but new plans for three houses were passed by Great Yarmouth Borough Council in January.Estate agent Mike Drewery said no offers were made to buy the pub in three years."It wasn't structurally sound as a building and it wasn't sound as a business, so you have to look at what's viable for the site and that's development," he said.
Kiel Barber from demolition firm E.E. Green said: "There's a lot of dry rot, damp where water has come through, you can see where the roof has sagged and it's had a few bodges just to keep the weather out."It would have cost a fortune to make it worthy again as a pub. "Sometimes there comes a time when the easiest and best thing to do is pull it down and start again."
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