Fire-damaged Warwickshire pub put up for sale
A PUB damaged badly in a fire last year has been put on the market, nine months after the owners said they would not be reopening the venue.
The Crabmill, at Preston Bagot, has been closed since February 2022 when a kitchen fire led to the whole building going up in flames.
Despite more than 1,200 people signing a petition to get the pub back open, the owners, Brunning and Price, said it would not be reopening the venue due to the huge costs involved.
Now the former cider mill is being marketed with “significant fire damage” by property agents Savills, price available on application.
They describe the property as a former cider mill which was converted to a public house in the 17th century: “The property is of brick and timber framed construction beneath a series of clay tiled roofs. Attractive outside customer areas overlook the adjoining fields to the rear. When operational the property provided external seating for approximately 80 customers. A large car park is also provided for approximately 50 vehicles.”
In February this year Brunning and Price told the Herald: “We had hoped we could save sections of the pub, but professional advice led to the remainder of the building being deemed so badly damaged that it too cannot be saved. Since then, working with the insurers, planning consultants and designers we have attempted to pull together suitable plans to reinstate the pub. Due to current economic pressures, the cost of rebuilding has inflated significantly over recent months, and we feel that we could not now successfully replace what we had lost.”