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Pub escapes conversion into house following sale );
ONE of Whitchurch’s two pubs has been saved from conversion into a house.
The Greyhound in High Street has been sold to Oak Taverns, a family-run operator based in Thame which owns 13 other premises, including the Red Lion at Chinnor and four breweries.
Punch Taverns put the pub on the market about six months ago, saying it was no longer viable.
The asking price was dropped from £675,000 plus VAT to £495,000 shortly before the sale was completed.
Several parties expressed an interest but Oak was the only one not seeking a residential conversion.
PLANS have been lodged to turn a boarded up Ellesmere Port pub into a convenience store. The proposal is to convert the Sir Robert pub in Great Sutton into a Heron Foods store, creating 15 jobs. The last pint pulled at the Overpool Road premises was back in March last year prior to it being forced to temporarily shut due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the end of June, the pub s tenants announced that it would not be reopening despite the easing of lockdown measures, and confirmed they were leaving. The pub, which dates back to the 1960s, has been permanently shut ever since.