Licensed to Sell: The History and Heritage of the Public House

by Geoffrey K. Brandwood

The pub is one of Britain's great institutions, loved at home and envied abroad. For hundreds of years it has offered refreshment and pleasure to communities throughout the land. The traditional pub, as we know it, was largely a Victorian creation but since the 1960s it has been subject to rapid and often insensitive change. Consequently, fewer than 4 per cent of the country's pubs now have interiors of any signifcant historic value. This books shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185074906X
• ISBN13: 9781850749066
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Historic England Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.5"