{"id":342634,"date":"2025-12-30T10:22:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/342634\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:22:27","slug":"the-bull-pub-in-fakenham-still-up-for-sale-after-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/342634\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bull pub in Fakenham still up for sale after closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Bull, on Bridge Street, shut its doors to customers in January 2019 after its landlord went bankrupt.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It was eventually put on the market back in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk\/news\/23228026.bull-pub-fakenhams-bridge-street-still-sale\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">but there was reportedly &#8220;no active interest&#8221; from prospective buyers.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pub is currently being listed by estate agents Fleurets East at an asking price of \u00a3500,000, with a spokesman confirming it was still available.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Some of the venue&#8217;s features include an open plan lounge\/bar that has enough space for about 50 customers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There is also an open floor area with oak flooring, along with a timber bar servery and back shelving located to one side, as well as a separate area for toilets.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other areas of the pub include a trade kitchen, a storage area with plenty of space for fridge\/freezers and a basement cellar.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On the first floor are four letting bedrooms, all of which are double size with en suite shower rooms as well as a large store\/office.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Outside, there is a terraced area at the front of the property facing Bridge Street, which can be used for dining and drinking.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>It is currently being listed at an asking price of \u00a3500,000 (Image: Fleurets)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pub is believed to date as far back as 1837 and was given its name as it was located on what was then known as Bull Street.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is said that the road&#8217;s name was changed after a visit to Fakenham from the soon-to-be Queen Victoria, who became stuck in a ford in her carriage and vowed never to return to the town unless a bridge was built.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Although the bridge was duly built, the long-reigning monarch still never returned to the town.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The full listing for the pub can be found on the Rightmove and Fleurets East websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bull, on Bridge Street, shut its doors to customers in January 2019 after its landlord went bankrupt.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-342634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}