If you like your pubs to come with a healthy dose of character, look no further than these Grade I listed buildings.
England is home to thousands of pubs with listed status but only 11 pubs make the highest grade according to Historic England.
The combined George Hotel and Pilgrims Inn in Glastonbury was the first of the 11 to achieve its listing in 1950 followed two years later by the Dick Whittington Tavern in Gloucester in 1951.
Chester is home to three of the Grade I listed pubs – The Falcon Inn, the Bear and Billet and The Blue Bell – while the Theatre Royal in Newcastle and the Waterfront Museum in Poole are two venues to include bars.
In total 8,964 pubs have achieved listed building status in England over the years with the first being the Cheshire Cat in Nantwich in 1948.
Some of the buildings may have ceased to be operated as pubs since they were listed.
The latest pub to become a listed building was The Royal Vauxhall Tavern in Lambeth which achieved Grade II status in September.
GRADE I LISTED PUBS
Pub Name and Address // Listed Status // Date First Listed
GEORGE HOTEL PILGRIMS INN
HIGH STREET, GLASTONBURY // I // 21-06-1950
DICK WHITTINGTON TAVERN
100, WESTGATE STREET, GLOUCESTER // I // 23-01-1952
THEATRE ROYAL LOUNGE AND RESTAURANT
9-17, MARKET STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE // I // 14-06-1954
THE WATERFRONT MUSEUM
LOCAL HISTORY CENTRE, PARADISE STREET, POOLE // I // 14-06-1954
MONKEY ISLAND HOTEL
MONKEY ISLAND LANE, WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD // I // 25-03-1955
FALCON INN
6, LOWER BRIDGE STREET, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER // I // 28-07-1955
BEAR AND BILLET PUBLIC HOUSE
94, LOWER BRIDGE STREET, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER // I // 28-07-1955
THE BLUE BELL
63 AND 65, NORTHGATE STREET AND ROW, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER // I // 28-07-1955
BLACK CASTLE PUBLIC HOUSE
JUNCTION ROAD, CITY OF BRISTOL // I // 08-01-1959
THE SUN INN (SPOUT HOUSE)
B1257, HAMBLETON // I // 23-06-1966
KERSHAW HOUSE
LUDDENDEN LANE, CALDERDALE // I // 15-11-1966
