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Sadler Gate, DERBY, DE1 3NQ

The date above the door is 1675.

A modern-day view of this ancient thoroughfare that links Iron Gate and Bold Lane (Bold Lane lies ahead in the distance and the Cathedral on Iron Gate lies behind the photographer). It seems that the long-established Meynell family may have commissioned the construction of a timber framed and brick building in 1608 but that it may have been Ford & Weston (builders) who were responsible for the mock-Tudor effect c.1929. The pub/hotel is currently empty and showing signs of vandalism.

With Iron Gate in the distance (the street that is home to the Cathedral) this is a modern-day view of this long established thoroughfare between Iron Gate and Bold Lane (Bold Lane being behind the photographer). It seems that the long-established Meynell family may have commissioned the construction of this timber-framed and brick hotel in 1608 but that it may have been Ford & Weston (builders) who were responsible for the mock-Tudor effect c.1929. The pub/hotel is currently empty and showing signs of vandalism.

The main entrance to the defunct Old Bell Hotel on Sadler Gate as seen from directly opposite it. Perhaps if nothing more, this image reflects the narrowness of this medieval thoroughfare. It seems that the long-established Meynell family may have commissioned the construction of this timber-framed and brick hotel in 1608 but that it may have been the Ford & Weston building company that was responsible for the mock-Tudor effect (c.1929). The pub/hotel is currently empty and showing signs of vandalism. Bold Lane lies to the right and Iron Gate, host street to the Cathedral, to the left.

The placard indicates that despite its age, the pub is offering modern entertainment. The doorway dates back to the original building period of the 17th century, although the rest of the structure is much altered. Listed Grade II.

Another public house on Sadler Gate Derby.

The Grade II* listing for 48 Sadler Gate describes a "doorway, leading to passage, on right-hand side, with heavy C17 stone surround having round-headed arch, pilasters, pulvinated frieze, cornice and segmental pediment with date 1675 in tympanum. Well restored 1974". Nearly fifty years after that restoration another one looks due. Spot the true verticals and horizontals in this broadside picture.

The country's highest-ever temperatures had been recorded three days before (37.8C in Derby), but this was the second successive rainy morning and the temperature was almost twenty degrees lower. On the left is “the Old Bell Hotel, a very restored timber-framed building with brick infillings; four gables at the top; rainwater heads 1717" (Nikolaus Pevsner).

An old public house in Sadler Gate that has recently been renovated. It is, however, not as old as it looks.