THEN: 43-49 St John’s, Worcester, in 1976 suffering in a deteriorated state after being at the centre of a major planning row in the mid-1970s.
The building dates back to 1500 or possibly even earlier.
Attempts to demolish the structure were blocked at a public inquiry after a concerted community campaign before Alfred Taylor, then-owner of the A44 Garage in Bromyard Road, bought and renovated the crumbling building.
The work took the best part of a decade and was completed by Mr Taylor’s family after he died in 1979.
The property was originally built as a hall house with one high room reaching from floor to raftered roof alongside a central open fireplace and impressive beams.
A 15th-century wall painting of a crane surrounded by foliage and fruit was discovered during the renovation.
NOW: The same location in 2024 as the Bull Baiters Inn.
Known as Alfred Taylor House after the intervention of Mr Taylor, it was an Age UK charity shop by the late 2000s before becoming available to let by 2018.
A nearby micropub, which had been going for three years, turned the impressive grade two-listed building into an ale house in 2019.
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