| County | Brewery | Location | Premises | Description | Contributors | Photo? Gone? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Ashby de la Zouch, 10 Brook Street | Bowling Green | On a wall adjacent to the car park, a 'Patrons Only' sign featuring the Bass 'Triangle'. | SP 2022 | . |
Leicestershire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Ashby de la Zouch, 2 Market Street | Shoulder of Mutton | An illuminated lantern sign over the front door. The faces have 'Worthington' lettering, beneath which is a shield enclosing a dagger. On the wall above, red plastic 'Bass Worthington' lettering. In 2013, the pub reopened as a Wetherspoons, and all Bass Worthington features were removed. | SP photo 2008; Google 2015 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Ashby de la Zouch, 5 Tamworth Road | Railway Tavern | A Bass lantern over the front door. Until 2017, there was a large 'BASS' letter sign between the first floor windows, but this has been removed. | Google 2017 and 2018; SP 2022 | . |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Barwell, Chapel Street | Cross Keys | Opening hours box on the front with 'M&B' and the deer-leaping trademark. | SP 2007 | . |
Leicestershire |
North Leicester Brewery Co Ltd Beeby | Beeby | Brooke House Farm | Nameplate on one of the barns: 'NORTH LEICESTERSHIRE BREWERY BEEBY'. The former brewery stood next to the farm. | BHS photo | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Stretton's Derby Brewery Ltd Derby | Birstall, White Horse Lane | White Horse | On the street elevation gable, the pub and brewery name in relief: 'STRETTONS DERBY ALES'. | SP photo 2006 and 2013 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Davenport's Brewery Ltd - formerly John Davenport & Son Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Bitteswell, The Green | Man at Arms | Two rectangular plaques - each side of the central door - with 'DAVENPORTS TRADITIONAL BITTER'; in the centre is a shield with 'MALT AND HOPS'. Bitteswell is a small Leicestershire village, but had two Davenport's pubs. | SP photo 2010 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Blaby, Lutterworth Road | Bulls Head | The ironwork above the hanging sign incorporates the Ansell squirrel and the date 1857. There is also an Ansell's lantern above the door. These date from the Allied era, as the pub was formerly owned by Ind Coope. | SP 2008 | . |
Leicestershire |
Hardy's Kimberley Brewery Ltd and Hansons Ltd (Hardys & Hansons from 1972) Kimberley | Bottesford, 5 Grantham Road | Red Lion (former) | A cast-iron car park "no liability" sign with 'HARDYS & HANSONS LIMITED'. The sign has been painted-over white and is gradually being obscured by ivy. Site redeveloped for housing. | PLo photo 2014; Google 2023 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Offiler's Brewery Ltd Derby | Castle Donington, Bondgate | Cross Keys | One etched window on the front with monogram: 'O B Ltd'. | SP photo 2011 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Coalville, 4 London Road | Leicester Inn | Four etched front windows with lettering 'IND, COOPE & Co'. (One is damaged in 2011.) Also a modern plaque with a representation of the Ind Coope 'hand' symbol in red and black. | BHK photo 2006; SP photo 2011 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Coleorton, Loughborough Road | George | In the ironwork above the pole sign is a 'Bass' triangle - originally red but now damaged and painted black. Also a 'Bass' lantern mounted on the front porch. | BHK 2012; SP 2015 | . |
Leicestershire |
James Eadie Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Congerstone, Bosworth Road | Horse & Jockey | The front door has decorative etched glass: 'EADIES BURTON ALES'. | SP photo 2011 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Courage Ltd - London, Bristol, etc | Cosby, Main Street | Cosby Working Mens Club (later Cosby Village Club) | A rectangular projecting box sign in blue with 'COURAGE' and an image of the brewery's cockerel. Replaced by 2023. | BHK photo 2012; Google 2023 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Countesthorpe, 136 Station Road | Railway | Four windows at the front - quite modern - feature Ansell's 'squirrel'. | SP photo 2013 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Hunt Edmunds & Co Ltd Banbury | Dadlington, The Green | Dog & Hedgehog | A Hunt Edmunds plaque - silver on black. | BHK photo 2012 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Earl Shilton, Church Street | Plough (former) | Two lanterns and two opening hours boxes with 'M&B' and the deer-leaping trademark. The pub closed in 2009 and has been converted to a house; all brewery identity removed. | SP 2007 and 2018 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Earl Shilton, High Street | Red Lion | Deteriorating M&B signs: board sign, hanging sign, lantern, opening hours box, letter sign on the frontage. Also a 'Bass Ale' plaque. All brewery identity removed by 2018. | SP photo 2007; SP 2018 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Earl Shilton, Wood Street | Lord Nelson | Over the front door, an M&B lantern with the deer-leaping trademark. On the side wall, a large 'M&B' letter sign. All brewery identity removed by 2009. | SP photo 2007; Google 2009 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mann's (Watney-Mann subsidiary based in Norwich) Norwich | Foxton, 60 Main Street | Shoulder of Mutton | A 'George and Dragon' painted gold, mounted above the hanging sign. Sign removed by 2016. | BHK photo 2012; Google 2016 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Great Glen, 14 London Road | Old Greyhound | At the entrance to the car park, a small "no public right of way" sign with 'IND COOPE & ALLSOPP Ltd'. | SP 2009 | . |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Hinckley, 18 Market Place | Bounty | At first floor level, two Bass lanterns featuring the red triangle. | SP 2017 | . |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Hinckley, Upper Bond Street | Queens Head | Over the front door, an M&B lantern with the deer-leaping trademark. | SP 2016 | . |
Leicestershire |
Home Brewery Co Ltd Arnold | Hose, Bolton Lane | Black Horse (former) | Painted sign on the side wall: 'HOME ALES' in green on a white background. Repainted. | SP photo 2007 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Phipps & Co Ltd Northampton | Husbands Bosworth, 30 Harborough Road | Graziers Arms (former) | High on the front elevation, a painted sign - 'P.PHIPPS & Cos ALES AND STOUTS. NORTHAMPTON'. Converted to a private house many years ago. | SP 2003; BHK photo 2006; PK 2007 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Ibstock, Leicester Road | Retreat Inn (former) - now Costcutter off licence | Stone tablet on the corner of the building at first floor level- 'THE RETREAT INN' - twice painted 'BASS' sign on the corner wall revealed after storm damage to the plaster rendering. | TN 2004 | . |
Leicestershire |
Worthington & Co Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Kegworth, 139 Station Road | Anchor | Above the side door on the left is a Worthington lantern featuring the 'dagger' trade mark. Until about 2010, the lantern was over the front door. | Google 2010; SP 2012 | . |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Kegworth, 24 High Street | Red Lion | To the left of the front door, a plaque featuring the Bass red triangle, and 'Bass' (script) ... 'ON DRAUGHT'. Plaque removed by 2020. | SP photo 2011; SP 2020 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass Worthington Burton-upon-Trent | Kegworth, 3 Churchgate | Olde Flying Horse (former) | On the wall of the building overlooking the car park - a fine large prominent raised letter sign -'Worthington's Ales.', very similar in style to that at the Blue Posts, Burton upon Trent (qv). Until about 2011, the lettering was painted red, but in recent years, the whole wall has been painted white. On the central timbered gable of this interwar pub was a large applied 'Bass' sign in script, but this was removed in about 2018 when the premises were converted to a butchers-bakery and cafe. | SP photo 2005; Google 2018; SP photo 2020 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Kegworth, Borough Street | Cap & Stocking | A slate plaque to the left of the front door: 'Traditional CASK ALES' ... (red triangle) ... 'Bass' in script. Also a lantern over the door featuring the red triangle and 'Bass' in script; and a Bass board sign on the north gable wall. All Bass signs had been removed by 2015 - but the pub still sells Bass "from the jug". | SP 2005; Google 2015 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Kibworth Harcourt, Leicester Road | Coach & Horses | 'ANSELLS' letter signs and two Ansell lanterns, relatively modern. | SP 2008 | . |
Leicestershire |
T Hoskins Ltd Leicester | Leicester - Abbey, Beaumanor Road | Tom Hoskins | This was the former tap to the Hoskins Brewery. The brewery has closed, but the buildings survive. The brewery retains a painted board sign on the exterior: 'TOM HOSKINS BEAUMANOR BREWERY'. The pub retains modern etched windows: 'Hoskins ... Est: 1877'. | SP photo 2006 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Leicester - Abbey, St Margarets Way (ex 104 Abbey Lane) | Abbey Hotel (former) | Ex Leicester Brewing & Malting. Hanging sign with Ind Coope 'Hand' trade mark - painted over black. Premises converted to a hotel and the Ind Coope feature removed by 2018. | BHK photo 2012; Google 2018 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Various | Leicester - Aylestone, 16 Granby Road | Off licence (former) | On the gable wall are four old painted signs, all fading, including: "NEWARK HOLES ALES", "MITCHELLS & BUTLERS Good Honest Beer" and "FREE HOUSE WORTHINGTON BASS WHITBREAD MACKESON HOLES GUINNESS M&B". By 2017, a new adjacent building obscures much of the remains of these signs. | KBu photo 1991; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester - Belgrave, 16 Cross Street | Former off licence | Converted to a house. On the rear wall is an old fading painted sign with 'Ansells' in script just visible. Previously this was a Leicester Brewing & Malting premises. | CJi 2017; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Leicester - Belgrave, 185 Loughborough Road | Champion Hotel (former) - renamed Flamingo | Two stone panels - one on the front elevation parapet, one on the side elevation - both with: 'IND COOPE'S BURTON ALES'. On each corner on the quoins, decorative 'IC' logos. Steve Ellis reports in 2012: "Building has now been painted black; the stone panel on the front elevation has been plastered over so that the lettering is no longer visible; the 'IC' monogram on the left-hand pilaster has also been removed. | SP photo 2005, 2012 and 2017; SEl 2012 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester - Belgrave, 190 Belgrave Road | Balmoral | Fascia with relatively modern applied lettering 'ANSELLS', plus two squirrels. One modern Ansells' lantern on the side. All brewery signs removed 2024. | SP 2008 and 2024 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Leicester - Belgrave, 2 Lanesborough Road | Off licence (former) | A very faded painted sign on the end wall: 'MITCHELLS ... & BUTLERS ... ALES ... & STOUTS'. | SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Leicester Brewing & Malting Co Ltd Leicester | Leicester - Belgrave, 213 Loughborough Road | Hotel Belgrave (closed) | Above the main central doorway, a panel with the brewery's 'spread eagle' trademark in relief. The pub has been converted to flats, but the logo survives. | CPy photo 1984; SP photo 2005 and 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Everard's Brewery Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Leicester - Belgrave, 348 Harrison Road | Former off licence | Has an old painted sign at first floor level, the paintwork flaking and very faded. Two generations of signs, barely discernible. The older reads 'EVERARD & Cos BURTON ALES'; the later one reads 'BURTON ... Everards (in script at an angle) ... ALES'. | SP 2007 | . |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Leicester - Belgrave, 6 Bath Street | Bulls Head (former) | Previously Robinson's (Burton-upon-Trent). Hanging sign bracket with Ind Coope 'Hand' trademark and date 1856. Pub converted to housing. | SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Leicester - Belgrave, Surrey Street | Latimer Ward Conservative Club | A postwar box sign, in deteriorating condition. 'Mitchells & Butlers' lettering. Above this is a red triangle (Bass) incorporating an orange 'Toby' (Charrington). The sign had gone by summer 2012. | SP photo 2007; SP 2012 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester - Braunstone, 4 Nutfield Road | Nutfield Off-Licence | A large painted wall sign incorporating a 'squirrel' image - possibly applied by Ansells? - although there is no brewery name. | SP photo 2009; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Leicester - Clarendon Park, 131 Howard Road | Off-licence (former) | A painted wall sign with SHIPSTONES ALES on a white background. At one time, this style of sign was a common feature in the East Midlands. No longer a shop, but the sign survives in 2023. | SP photo 2009; Google 2023 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Leicester - Clarendon Park, 168 Knighton Fields Road East | Manchester Hotel | On the west-facing gable wall, an old painted sign can just be made out: 'ALLSOPPS', with a modern Ansell's sign applied on top. In 2012, the pub was converted to flats; the brickwork on the wall was cleaned and the signs were removed. | SP photo 2006; SP 2012 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Leicester - Clarendon Park, 203 Welford Road | Storks Head (renamed Donkey) | The corner pilasters have four decorative 'IC' logos at their heads. Also (probably) on the front parapet, hidden beneath a modern board sign, is raised lettering saying ' IND COOPE'S BURTON ALES'. There are also decorative stork's heads on the frontage. | Photo 1965; SP photo 2005 and 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Leicester Brewing & Malting Co Ltd Leicester | Leicester - Clarendon Park, 6 Fleetwood Road - corner of Leopold Road | Off licence (former) | Converted to a house. Painted signs on the corners of the building at first floor level - 'LBM ... EAGLE BREWERY ... GOLD MEDAL ALES' - partially painted out and overpainted with Ansells signs (qv). | TN 2004; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester - Clarendon Park, 6 Fleetwood Road - corner of Leopold Road | Off licence (former) | Converted to a house. Painted signs on the corners of the building at first floor level - 'ANSELLS ... The Better Beer' painted over an earlier Leicester Brewing and Malting sign (qv). | TN 2004; SP photo 2009 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester - Dane Hills, Ruby Street - corner of Pool Road | Off licence (former) | A degraded painted sign at first floor level 'ANSELLS - DOUBLE DIAMOND'. This sign partially obscures an earlier painted sign. Google indicates that the premises was overpainted in white between 2008 and 2012, but by 2014 the sign had been re-exposed. | TN 2003; Google 2008-2016; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Leicester - Highfields, 3 Osmaston Road | Off licence (former) | A former corner off-licence, now converted to a house, with old painted signs. (1) On the front - 'Always Order IND COOPE'. (2) On the front, fading and partly removed - 'FINE ALES & STOUT - INDIA PALE ALE - LIGHT DINNER ALES & STOUT - BASS'S GUINNESS'S & STRONG ALE IN HALF PINT BOTTLES'. (3) On the side - 'DOUBLE (DD symbol) DIAMOND'. | SMo photo 2005; SP photo 2017 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Leicester - Highfields, 7 Mill Hill Lane | Off licence (former) | On the end wall, a fading painted sign in 'Allied' orange and green: 'OFF LICENSE (sic) - DOUBLE - (DD symbol) - DIAMOND'. Also an old box sign with 'DOUBLE DIAMOND - FREE OFF LICENCE'. Premises converted to a house. Signs gone by 2017. | SP 2004; TN 2004; BHK photo 2008; SP photo 2017 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Home Brewery Co Ltd Arnold | Leicester - Rushey Mead, 326 Humberstone Lane | Off licence | Formerly tied to Home Brewery. A wrought iron pole sign on the frontage, probably dating from the early 1950s. At the top of the sign, an 'HB' logo on each side. In 2010, the site was redeveloped by Tesco, and the sign was removed. | SP photo 2007; SP 2010 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Home Brewery Co Ltd Arnold | Leicester - Rushey Mead, 7 Lockerbie Walk | Royal Leicesters | Postwar estate pub built by Home Brewery. The internal lobby doors have transfers with the post-S&N trademark incorporating 'HB' and 'HOME BREWERY'. Similar logos on the external windows disappeared with refurbishment in 2007. | SP photo 2005; SP 2007 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Hardy's Kimberley Brewery Ltd and Hansons Ltd (Hardys & Hansons from 1972) Kimberley | Leicester - Rushey Mead, Gleneagles Avenue | Our Lady's RC Social Club | A projecting box sign featuring the brewery's 'hop' logo and 'Kimberley ALES'. The sign had gone by summer 2016. | SP photo 2008; SP 2016 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester - Spinney Hills, 234 Green Lane Road | Desi Junction (formerly Lancaster Arms) | Modern Ansell's signage on the pole sign, including a squirrel in the top-piece. | CPy 2007 | . |
Leicestershire |
Leicester Brewing & Malting Co Ltd Leicester | Leicester - Spinney Hills, Upper Charnwood Street / Vulcan Road | Leicester Brewing & Malting Brewery (former) | The former brewery buildings are still in existence, now in other industrial use. Above a loading bay dated 1938 is a stone panel with the brewery's trade mark - a spread eagle motif in relief. On a plant room at the top of the building are the remains of painted 'LBM' lettering. | CPy photo 2012; SP photo 2019 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Leicester Centre, 112 Belgrave Gate | Royal Oak | Etched Shipstone windows on front elevation. These windows were replaced during a 2003 refurbishment by Pubmaster. | SP 2002 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
James Hole & Co Ltd Newark-on-Trent | Leicester Centre, 123 Belgrave Gate | Diamond Jubilee Hotel (former) | On the north gable-end was the remains of a large painted sign: 'DIAMOND JUBILEE ... HOLE'S ... NEWARK ALES'. In 2019, this was painted over with a mural. Has been a shop for many years. | SP photo 2005, 2006, 2010, 2019 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Leicester Centre, 140 Belgrave Gate | Red Cow (former) | A 'Bass' lantern survives above the side entrance. The pub was converted to flats in about 2000. | WRB 2006; SP photo 2019 and 2024 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Leicester Centre, 156 Belgrave Gate | Bowlturners Arms (former) | Three etched 'SHIPSTONE' windows on the front elevation: a pair to the left of the door, and a single window to the right. The right-hand one of the pair was replaced by a transfer with a more modern design. Late in 2010, there was a change of ownership, and all windows were replaced with clear glass. Since converted to retail. | SP photo 2005 and 2010; WRB photo 2006 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Leicester Centre, 250 Belgrave Gate | Woodsman (former) | Two 'Bass' script signs, formerly illuminated - one on the side elevation, one at the rear. The pub closed and the first floor, including the remaining Bass sign, was removed in 2018. | SP photo 2008; SP photo 2017; SP 2018 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Leicester Centre, 43 East Bond Street | Cherry Tree | On the front elevation, 'M&B' applied letters and a lantern with 'deers leaping'; at the side of the door, a slate plaque - 'Traditional CASK ALES' + 'deer leaping' illustration + 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS'. | SP 2005; WRB photo 2006 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester Centre, 44 Conduit Street | Jolly Miller (demolished) | The ironwork above the hanging sign incorporated a painted version of the Ansell squirrel and the date 1857. The pub was demolished in 2013. | BHK 2012; SP 2013 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Leicester Centre, 4-6 Woodgate | Friar Tuck (former) | It had an old framed advert panel on the frontage: 'ONLY "BASS" ON DRAUGHT' with a red triangle, but this has been removed. Building works in 2011 revealed a fine old fascia on the side elevation with lettering in relief: 'BASS & Co's ALES' and a raised triangle at each end, but this was later removed. Converted to retail. | SP 2005; WRB 2006; SP photo 2011 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Leicester Centre, 61 Humberstone Gate | Hansom Cab | Originally a Thomas Salt pub, the 'Champion'. A painted sign on the frontage featuring the brewery's 'deer's leap' logo within an oval, and 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS' around. Quite modern; added towards the end of the company's existence as a brewery. Painted over by 2014. | SP photo 2006; Google 2014 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Hansons Ltd Kimberley | Leicester Centre, 63 Belgrave Gate | Griffin Inn (former) | On the North gable wall (viewable at rear) - the remains of a painted sign, mostly obscured by a later building - 'HA' and 'KIMB' can be seen. The pub predates the merger of Hardy and Hanson in 1930. | SP photo 2006; PLo/CJi 2007; Chris Pyrah photo; Irwell Press photo | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Leicester Centre, 71 Humberstone Gate | Old Black Lion (renamed Skandals) | On the gable end, the remains of an 'Ansells' script sign, long removed, can just be discerned. The pub has two fine tiled panels with a 'lion' illustration. | KBu 2010; SP photo 2011 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Leicester Centre, Bedford Street / New Milton Street | Eight Bells (former) | The pub was demolished in 1969; but a rear outbuilding survives and on the back wall are the remains of a painted pub sign - cream with a black border. Sign mostly obliterated by a gate - uncertainty as to whether any lettering survives. 2008: no lettering survives. | SP 2003; SP 2008 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Leicester Centre, Belgrave Gate | Bohemian (demolished) | Built by M&B in the 1970s, this pub in 2006 had been empty for many years. On the corner splay is 'M&B' in chunky lettering - possibly originally illuminated - and 'Good Honest Beer' in applied script lettering beneath. The scruffy board signs feature the 'deer leaping' trademark. All the signs were removed in 2007, and the pub has since been demolished. | WRB photo 2006; SP 2007 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Leicester Centre, Vaughan Way | Dixie Arms (former) | High on the front wall, the position of the former applied lettering 'SHIPSTONE'S ALES' and 'star' trademark can just be made out on the brickwork. The premises closed as a pub about 1988 and was converted to a restaurant. 2021: the brickwork was covered with modern cladding. | SP photo 2009; Google 2021 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Littlethorpe, The Square | Old Inn | A 'Bass' lantern mounted on the wall. Also an opening hours panel with 'M&B' and the 'deer leaping' motif. | BHK 2012 | . |
Leicestershire |
Mansfield Brewery Co Ltd Mansfield | Long Clawson, East End | Crown & Plough | A modern Mansfield Brewery logo mounted on the frame of the hanging sign. Also a round sign with 'THE MANSFIELD BREWERY COMPANY'. | BHK 2012 | . |
Leicestershire |
James Eadie Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Loughborough, 106 Derby Road | Station Hotel (former) | Built 1886. Above the side entrance, a small stone plaque with 'JE'. Possibly built by James Eadie. Converted to a funeral director's premises. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Loughborough, 14 Pinfold Gate | Druids Arms (Bitter End) (former) | Pub in Shipstone livery. Owned since the 1990s by RBNB, this pub was completely refurbished ca.2004, and reverted to its original name the DRUIDS ARMS. All Shipstone's livery has been removed. Converted to a gym. | PE 2003; SP 2005 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Loughborough, 2 Biggin Street | Unicorn | Also listed as 1 Church Gate. On the end elevation facing the market place, at high level is a raised Bass diamond symbol in the stonework. | SP photo 2012 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Home Brewery Co Ltd Arnold | Loughborough, 24 Nottingham Road | Stag & Pheasant (former) | High on the gable wall at each end of the building - painted signs on the brickwork, cream background with a black border, and in green lettering: 'STAG & PHEASANT' - 'HOME ALES'. Now a retail shop. | SP 2003; PE 2003; WRB photo 2006; AH 2019 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Offiler's Brewery Ltd Derby | Loughborough, 26 Factory Street | Peacock | The front elevation includes five etched windows with an illustration of a peacock and 'O B Ltd' lettering. | BHK photo 2006; WRB photo 2006; SP photo 2022 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Bass, Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Loughborough, 28 Thorpe Acre Road | Plough | Two etched front windows - these look relatively modern - have 'Bass' in script and a triangle. There are also 'Bass' lanterns front and rear. | SP 2009 | . |
Leicestershire |
Offiler's Brewery Ltd Derby | Loughborough, 39-40 The Rushes | Blue Boar (demolished) | Faded painted sign - 'Offiler's Ales'. The pub was demolished in 2003 as part of the scheme for a new shopping centre and Wetherspoons' 'Amber Rooms' bar. | PE 2003; SP 2004 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Offiler's Brewery Ltd Derby | Loughborough, Bedford Square | Wheatsheaf (later Orange Tree) | Interior. An etched window with the brewery monogram 'O B Ltd' survives in the phone booth. | SP 2013 | . |
Leicestershire |
S H Ward & Co Ltd Sheffield | Loughborough, Canal Bank | Lynroys | A restaurant and entertainment venue. On the gable end is a large horizontal box sign with 'WARDS' and the 'wheatsheaf' trade mark. | AH photo 2019 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd Smethwick | Lutterworth, 29 Church Street | Unicorn | Mounted on a outbuilding at the back is an M&B lantern with 'deer leaping' images. | SP 2016 | . |
Leicestershire |
Allied Breweries - the national brewery conglemerate | Market Harborough, 24 Leicester Road | Off licence and shop | A lantern sign featuring the modern style Ind Coope 'hand' trademark and 'DD' (Double Diamond). Removed by 2015. | SP photo 2008; SP 2015 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Northampton Brewery Co Ltd Northampton | Market Harborough, Leicester Road | Union Inn Hotel (closed) | On the north gable wall, a fading painted sign - 'NORTHAMPTON BREWERY Cos ALES & STOUT ... EADY & DULLEY'S WINES & SPIRITS'. The pub has been converted to residential use, but the sign survives (2014). | SP photo 2008; SP 2014 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Eady & Dulley Ltd Market Harborough | Market Harborough, Leicester Road | Union Inn Hotel (closed) | On the north gable wall, a fading painted sign - 'NORTHAMPTON BREWERY Cos ALES & STOUT ... EADY & DULLEY'S WINES & SPIRITS'. The pub has been converted to residential use, but the sign survives (2014). | SP photo 2008; SP 2014 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Offiler's Brewery Ltd Derby | Markfield, Main Street | Red Lion (former) | On the frontage, partially obscured by more modern M&B signs, was an old fading painted sign 'OFFILERS'. By 2015, the pub had been converted to a restaurant, and the Offiler sign had been painted over. An M&B slate plaque survives at ground floor level. | SP photo 2011; PLo 2015; SP 2015 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Grand Metropolitan - the national brewery conglemerate | Medbourne, 12 Old Green | Horse & Trumpet (former) | Mounted above the pub's hanging sign bracket is a Watney 'Red Barrel'. This former pub was converted into a restaurant, but the red barrel dates from its pub days. | SP 2008; SP photo 2015 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Melton Mowbray, 31 Burton Street | Noels Arms | Modern Ansell's signage includes a hanging sign with a squirrel in the top-piece, two lanterns, and wall signs. The pub has an attractive original tiled fascia with the pub name. | WRB photo 2008; AH photo 2019 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
W A Heap Melton Mowbray | Melton Mowbray, 6 King Street | Three Tuns Tap (former) | This building, now used as a shop, has historical style lettering 'THREE TUNS' on the frontage. At high level is a plaque 'WAH 1898'. Mike Brown in 'Tiger Tales and Ales' records a W A Heap brewing "botanical beers" in King Street in the 1890s. Mr Heap apparently also supplied "fine wines and clarets to the nobility". | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ansells Brewery Ltd Birmingham | Melton Mowbray, Rutland Street | Bricklayers Arms | Modern Ansell's signage including board signs with 'Ansells' in script on the fascia and left-hand wall; also an applied sign 'Ansells' in script at high level on the left-hand wall. | SP 2012 | . |
Leicestershire |
Home Brewery Co Ltd Arnold | Melton Mowbray, Sherrard Street | Black Swan | The pub had good raised lettering on the fascia: 'HOME BREWERY'S ALES & STOUT' and the pub name. The fascia is now covered over by a modern sign; the original fascia may still exist beneath. | SP 2003 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Moira, Ashby Road | Railway | A large letter sign 'Bass' (cursive) applied to the front wall; a small plaque next to the front door featuring the Bass red triangle, and 'Bass' (cursive) ... 'ON DRAUGHT'. | BHK 2012 | . |
Leicestershire |
Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Moira, Shortheath Road | Navigation Inn (former) | A painted sign on the end elevation at first floor level: 'NAVIGATION INN ... ALLSOPP' - still discernible with a little imagination. By 2006, a new extension was built which obsures the sign. | TN photo 2004; TN 2006 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Stretton's Derby Brewery Ltd Derby | Mountsorrel, 152 Leicester Road | Stag & Pheasant (closed) | Interior: An internal partition featured a repositioned etched window 'STRETTONS ALES'. The pub closed by 2012. The Strettons window was removed and sold. Ex Midland Brewery, Loughborough. | SP 2005; SP 2012; John Jarram 2016 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Dulley & Sons Ltd Wellingborough | Mountsorrel, 89-91 Loughborough Road | Off licence (former) | A sign 'DULLEY'S NOTED WELLINGBORO STOUT' was painted very prominently on the end wall of Spence's 'Beer Off' or 'Pot Shop'. The shop is now closed as such, the building is owned by Redlands quarry, and the brickwork has been cleaned. The sign has gone. | DP 1978; SP 2003 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Offiler's Brewery Ltd Derby | Newbold, 9 Worthington Lane | Cross Keys | Just visible next to the front entrance, a faded painted sign with 'OFFILERS'. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Peggs Green, Zion Hill | New Inn | A large letter sign 'Bass' (cursive) applied to the front wall; also a 'Bass' lantern mounted on the front porch. | BHK 2012 | . |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Queniborough, 47 Main Street | Britannia (Stubbies) | Formerly a Midland Brewery Co. Ltd (Loughborough) house. Later to Stretton's and Allsopp's. On the garden wall was an old plaque: 'IND COOPE ESTABLISHED 1856 AT BURTON ON TRENT' with the 'hand' symbol. Removed by 2008. | SP photo 2006; BHK photo 2006; SP 2008 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
John Liddington's Litchborough Brewery (1983-1986) Rugby | Shawell, Main Street | White Swan | Above the main door, a lantern sign: 'JOHN LIDDINGTON'S TRADITIONAL ALES' and a portcullis, but very faded. By 2009, the Liddington sign had been replaced by 'white swan' logos. | SP 2004; BHK photo 2006; SP 2009 | Picture GONE |
Leicestershire |
Mitchells & Butlers Ltd, Cape Hill, Smethwick; and Springfield, Wolverhampton | Sibson, Main Road | Cock Inn | A slate plaque: 'Traditional CASK ALES' + 'deer leaping' illustration + 'MITCHELLS & BUTLERS'. There is also a small 'Bass' script sign on the rear gable. | BHK photo 2009; SP 2011 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Whitbread - the national brewery conglemerate | Somerby, 46 High Street | Former off-licence? | Now a private house. Between the first-floor windows, a fading painted sign: 'WHITBREADS ALE & STOUT ... MACKESON'S STOUT'. The sign had been nicely repainted by 2023. | SP photo 2010; Google 2023 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Swannington, 2 Spring Lane | Robin Hood | A large plastic letter sign 'Bass' (cursive) applied to the front wall; a 'Bass' lantern mounted on the wall; a slate plaque with 'Traditional CASK ALES ... Bass (cursive)' and a red triangle. | BHK 2012 | . |
Leicestershire |
Allied Breweries - the national brewery conglemerate | Syston, 2 High Street | Fox & Hounds | Two iron plates by 'IND COOPE (EAST MIDLANDS) LIMITED': (1) No public right of way; (2) No liability. | BHK photo 2013 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope Ltd - Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent and Star Brewery, Romford | Syston, 36 High Street | Syston & District Social Club | Formerly the Bulls Head (Sharp's of Sileby). An old Ind Coope 'Hand' plaque affixed to the front wall. | BHK photo 2012 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Syston, Melton Road | Bakers Arms (former) | Relatively modern etched windows: 'SHIPSTONES' over a representation of company trademark - a ship in full sail in front of a six-pointed star. In 2006, the pub was refurbished and the Shipstone windows were replaced with clear glass. Later converted to a restaurant. | SP 2003; SP 2006; SP 2010 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
James Shipstone & Sons Ltd Nottingham | Thurmaston, 635 Melton Road | Harrow Inn | Interwar pub retains two etched windows on the frontage, both 'SHIPSTONES', but of different ages - one looks quite old, the other probably from the period of Greenall's ownership. | SP photo 2005 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Northampton Brewery Co Ltd Northampton | Tur Langton, B6047 | Bulls Head (former) | When render on the front wall was removed, a much-damaged painted sign incorporting the NBC star was revealed. The pub has been closed since about 2000. | PK photo 2012 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Bass & Co Ltd - Burton-upon-Trent, Tadcaster, etc | Whitwick, 11 Leicester Road | Three Horseshoes ("Polly's") | A 'Bass' lantern; a small plaque next to the front door featuring the Bass red triangle, and 'Bass' (cursive) ... 'ON DRAUGHT'. | SP photo 2005; BHK photo 2012 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Offiler's Brewery Ltd Derby | Whitwick, 4 Market Place | White Horse | On the front gable end is a faded painted sign: 'OFFILERS ALES'. | SP photo 2015 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Home Brewery Co Ltd Arnold | Wigston Magna, 152 Aylestone Lane | Nautical William | 'HOME BREWERY' lettering on the hanging sign. Removed by 2012. | SP 2010; Google 2012 | . GONE |
Leicestershire |
Stretton's Derby Brewery Ltd Derby | Wigston Magna, 16 Bushloe End | A house (former shop?) | There are two very faded painted Ind Coope & Allsopp signs, one with the hand trademark. The right-hand sign also has 'STRETTONS'. | PK 2006; SP photo 2006 and 2020 | Picture |
Leicestershire |
Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd Burton-upon-Trent | Wigston Magna, 16 Bushloe End | A house (former shop?) | There are two very faded painted Ind Coope & Allsopp signs, one with the hand trademark. The right-hand sign also has 'STRETTONS'. | PK 2006; SP photo 2006 and 2020 | Picture |