Waiting for the French Horn to reopen ....... another Edwardian pub has closed

Now I know that in the fullness of time Andy will reveal what he was doing in Worksop when he took these pictures of the French Horn Hotel.

All he has said so far is that “I thought I'd share them with you because as I passed it I knew I had to get it!”

And I am very pleased he did because judging by the boarded up windows the place may not be serving up any more pints.

Of course its closure may only be temporary and it may survive with a different use and survive it deserves to do because it is a fine looking building.

There are some similar pubs here in Manchester which also have that wonderful glazed tile exterior but the French Horn does it with style.

The date on the wall is 1906 and that is pretty much all I know about the place.

I hope it isn’t demolished or so redeveloped that it loses its character.

After all comparing it with the building next door is to see both the best in functional architecture and the worst.

Forty years from now there may be those campaigning to save that steel, glass and concrete box that stretches off from the side of the pub, but I doubt it.

Of course by 2057 there could be a case for retaining such an example but even so you would be hard pressed to compare it with the French Horn.

So I shall conclude with the observation that we have few enough of these Edwardian pubs left.

And for those who want to put the French Horn in its context,

"Worksop is the largest town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. 

It is about 19 miles (31 km) east-south-east of the City of Sheffield and its population is estimated (Mid 2012) to be 44,970.

 Worksop is included in the Sheffield City Region of England.

It is also twinned with the German town Garbsen. Worksop is attracting an increasing quantity of commuters to the local area because of its close proximity of Nottingham, Lincoln and Sheffield.

Worksop is known as the 'Gateway to the Dukeries', because of the now four obsolete ducal principle sites of which were closely located next to each other, south of the town.

These four ducal locations were; Clumber House, Thoresby Hall, Welbeck Abbey and Worksop Manor."*

So there you have , a little bit of Woksop, .......... who says the blog doesn't travel.

Pictures; courtesy of Andy Robertson,2014

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worksop