{"id":732835,"date":"2026-08-09T21:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/732835\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:18:15","slug":"much-loved-sam-smiths-pub-in-york-to-reopen-next-week-yorkmix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/732835\/","title":{"rendered":"Much-loved Sam Smith\u2019s pub in York to reopen next week | YorkMix"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was once one of the gems of the York pub scene.<\/p>\n

But drinkers have been denied access to the Wellington Inn, on Alma Terrace, for nearly two years.<\/p>\n

The Sam Smith\u2019s local was shut in November 2024 even though the landlady Sue was acclaimed for revitalising the place in her 18 months in charge.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ready to go again\u2026 the Wellington Inn, Alma Terrace, York. Photograph: YorkMix<\/p>\n

It was thought she had fallen foul of the \u2018curse of Humphrey\u2019 \u2013 the owner of Sam Smith\u2019s Brewery who had a habit of shutting pubs and throwing out tenant managers on a whim.<\/p>\n

Since Humphrey\u2019s death, a number of Sam Smith\u2019s pubs have been revived.<\/p>\n

And now the place everyone calls \u2018the Welly\u2019 will reopen again on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The date has been announced by the Duke of Wellington himself. Well, at least a portrait of the famous general.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Duke gives the date<\/p>\n

\"\"One of the lounges. Photographs: YorkMix<\/p>\n

Reports on social media say a Yorkshire couple have taken over the tenancy.<\/p>\n

Work to redecorate and renovate the inside of the Wellington have been ongoing this summer.<\/p>\n

The backstreet local, which dates back to 1850, was bought by Sam Smith\u2019s in 1887 and is little altered since Victorian times.<\/p>\n

It has three rooms \u2013 the public bar on the left and two lounges. According to the Campaign for Real Ale, \u201cit is the oldest purpose-built York pub to survive so unaltered\u201d.<\/p>\n

Grade II listed, the Wellington didn\u2019t always have that name. In 1867, the pub was known as Lawsons\u2019s Beerhouse; in 1887, the Sir Colin Campbell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was once one of the gems of the York pub scene. But drinkers have been denied access…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-732835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732835","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=732835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}