Plans to turn it into apartments were rejected earlier this year(Image: LDRS)

A Bristol pub which just months ago was facing plans to be bulldozed is now on the market. The Bull Inn in Crews Hole, which closed in 2023, is currently among the portfolio of for sale venues with estate agents at Caldecotte Group.

The pub, which is located between Crews Hole Road and Nibblet’s Hill, by Dundridge Park and Trooper’s Hill Park, is described in the listing as being a late Victorian two-storey detached building, with a single-storey extension to the side, available freehold with vacant possession.

The listing goes on to detail the pub’s darts room, lounge bar room, kitchen, storage and office space, as well as the upstairs former manager’s accommodation – which boasts three bedrooms, a lounge and a bathroom.

There’s also a customer parking area with 13 spaces, and also two external trade spaces – a patio at the front and an elevated beer garden at the back. The sales price is available on application.

BristolLive reported back in May that plans by developers to bulldoze the historic pub and replace it with a three-storey block of nine apartments had been refused following huge local opposition.

Government planning inspectors rejected the proposals after ruling that the loss of the pub had not been justified and that the scheme would harm the Avon Valley Conservation Area.

The Bull Inn in Crews Hole Road (Image: Google Maps)

Bristol City Council unsuccessfully tried to close it down in 2021 when its licensing sub-committee revoked the premises licence following breaches of covid rules and complaints from neighbours about fights, disturbances and noise.

The authority changed its mind the to avoid a costly appeal at the magistrates court, but the pub, classed as a non-designated heritage asset, shut in 2023 after racking up debts.

The decision to refuse planning permission for the flats on Tuesday, May 6, was made by the Planning Insectorate after the developers, Wellington Pub Company, bypassed the council, whose department is in special measures, and applied directly to the government body.

In its submission, the local authority opposed the redevelopment, arguing the nearest alternative drinking holes were too far away and up a steep hill, and that claims The Bull Inn in Crews Hole Road was no longer viable as a business had not been proven.

Forty-six residents and St George Community Association Development Group also objected. The inspectorate agreed and refused consent, saying the public benefits of the plans did not outweigh the loss of the architecturally important building, which has been there 125 years, while the site has been a pub since 1803.