Sad news in both the B&R and the Hereford Times this week - the Rhydspence Inn, just across the river, may be closing its doors and turning into a private residence.
It's the most wonderful timber framed building, built in the 14th century, and for as long as I've lived here it's been a place to go for fairly posh meals out. Now it seems that the owner can't make the business pay. He says he can't interest anyone else in buying it as a business either, so he wants permission for it to be sold as a private residence instead.
CAMRA, of course, are opposed to this, and say that more effort should be made to sell it as a going concern. The Planning Application to change the use will be going before the Council shortly.
The Inn has a website at www.rhydspence-inn.co.uk
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I went there a couple of years ago and found the landlord to be quite rude. If it's the same landlord now maybe if he took some lessons in politeness, he would attract more people.
There's an interesting post on Student Brewer (see the side bar for a link) disagreeing with CAMRA on this one.
It seems that the Rhydspence has been taken off the market for the moment, but the landlord still wants to retire.
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