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Last orders for Hamstead Marshall pub?




White Hart Inn to close until further notice while owner "explores options"

COULD last orders about to be called on The White Hart Inn at Hamstead Marshall?

The pub’s owner, Stella Coulthurst, has announced that it will close on Friday, September 11, until further notice while she “explores options” for the “next phase in the life of the inn”.

She rescued the pub from the possibility of redevelopment into housing in 2011 when it had been closed for a year and was on the brink of becoming derelict.

Her investment transformed the fortunes of the inn, turning it into a popular bar and restaurant and expanding the overnight accommodation to offer facilities to disabled guests.

A statement from the pub read: “We have been open for four years and, we think, delivered on our ambition of providing the very best country inn food, drink and accommodation.

“As some of you know we have faced challenges of various sorts, and the inn has never made a profit.

“Stella has supported the White Hart Inn throughout but can’t do so indefinitely.

“Now is the right time to reflect on the best way to secure the long-term future of The White Hart Inn as a profitable business.

The statement added: “On behalf of the current and former team, Stella thanks all The White Hart Inn’s customers, and indeed friends, for their support, encouragement, fantastic suggestions, daft ideas, good humour, occasional tantrums, and, of course, their dogs. Thank you.”

The White Hart Inn is a 16th-century country inn.



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