Elephant and Castle, Westgate
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Elephant and Castle, Westgate
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 29 Jun 2018
A fine example, built 1894, of the exuberant use of terracotta and faience favoured by many breweries around 1900. One of just 3 pubs in Wakefield owned by the Warwick & Co. brewery, which later became part of John Smith’s Tadcaster Brewery.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.681552
Longitude
-1.503676
