PHOTO: The Queen (pictured in April 2022) looks set to personally own her first ever pub
- The Queen is set to own her first pub on her Sandringham estate, north Norfolk
- The Royal estate plans to lease out the vacant building for conversion into a pub
- Estate agents Landles describe it as ‘a rare opportunity for the right operator’
- The 4,350sq ft building was the home of the Sandringham Club opened in 1884
- The 96-year-old will have her pub less than a mile from her Sandringham House
The Queen looks set to personally own her first ever pub at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
The gastro-style pub is planned to be created in her estate’s former social club which closed down two-years-ago.
The Royal estate – which is privately owned by the Queen – plans to lease out the vacant Victorian building for conversion into a pub while retaining the freehold.
If the plans go-ahead, it will mean that the Queen will have her own watering hole less than a mile away from Sandringham House, while it will also be a new local for Prince William and his family, who have their country retreat just across the fields at Anmer Hall.
The Queen (pictured in April 2022) looks set to personally own her first ever pub
The gastro-style pub is planned to be created in her estate’s former social club which closed down two-years-ago at Sandringham in north Norfolk, opposite St Peter and St Paul’s church in the village of West Newton
The Royal estate – which is privately owned by the Queen – plans to lease out the vacant Victorian building for conversion into a pub while retaining the freehold
Estate agents Landles describe it as ‘a rare opportunity for the right operator to develop a new destination public house with restaurant and letting room potential.’
The 4,350 sq ft building was the home of the Sandringham Club which was opened in 1884 by the Queen’s great grandfather King Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales.
It is opposite St Peter and St Paul’s church in the village of West Newton where the Queen usually worships once a year, and the church hall where she attends Sandringham Women’s Institute meetings.
Local villagers are said to have given a mixed reaction with some concerned about cars clogging up local roads and others looking forward to having a pint on their doorstep.
Landles describes the former club as being ‘full of character and occupying an elevated position’ with ‘tremendous panoramic views over the adjacent farmland and the wide blue skies of North West Norfolk.’
The 4,350 sq ft building was the home of the Sandringham Club which was opened in 1884
If the plans go-ahead, it will mean that the 96-year-old Queen will have her own watering hole less than a mile away from Sandringham House
Estate agents Landles describe it as ‘a rare opportunity for the right operator to develop a new destination public house with restaurant and letting room potential’
It is hoped a new occupier will engage the local community, for a new lease of life into the premises and help sustain the building
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