Bedford Park: The Tabard
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Bedford Park: The Tabard
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 25 Sep 2011
Like Image on the opposite side of the B409 Bath Road, The Tabard Hotel was built to form a community focal point for the then new Bedford Park Estate, although possibly serving a different spiritual need. The Tabard was constructed in 1880 as a pioneering 'improved' pub, built in the Queen Anne style, and represented a rejection of the standard Victorian gin palace in favour of a more traditionally inspired and respectable inn. As such it was subsequently widely imitated elsewhere. The two gabled bays forming The Tabard are part of a row of 7, the whole forming a Grade II* Listed building.
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51.495599
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-0.254754