Abbey Inns adds fourth pub
Abbey Inns has taken a fourth pub in its home city of Bath — it's added the pub next door to its brewery, Bath's famous jazz pub, Ye Old Farmhouse, to its estate.
Abbey Inns already operates The Star Inn, The Coeur De Lion and The Assembly Inn, all in the World Heritage City of Bath city centre, and boss Alan Morgan confirmed that he was keen to continue with the expansion programme and subsequently acquire more pubs in the city.
Boss Alan Morgan said: "Ye Old Farmhouse or Brads (after former landlord John Bradshaw) as it is affectionately known, has been my local since I moved to the city in 1976. Brad became an instant friend when I used to call at the pub selling beer and it was in the Farmhouse that he first persuaded me to start a brewery in 1997.
"It is now owned by Devizes brewer Wadworth and we are looking forward to working with them.The place has always had a good reputation for Jazz and we intend to bring that and other live music back to the pub in the foreseeable future."
Morgan added: "We propose to run our new hostelry on similar lines to the other pubs we operate,which means top quality real ales — including our own flagship brew, Bellringer, and Wadworths 6x — and good home-cooked pub food and of course good jazz starting on Thursday 26th November with the New Delta Jazz Band."
