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Believed to have been built in the early 18th century what is now "The Tudor Close - Restaurant & Bar" started
out as farm buildings.
It has been said that the thatched barn and cow sheds were converted into a residence for the songwriter Paul Rebens (1875-1917) sometime in the early 1900's but it is certain that it was later converted into a school
and became known as the "Tudor Close Preparatory School for Boys"
During the Second World War the buildings were commandeered for use as
(some say) an officers' mess and billets for the Canadian armed forces, stationed in the area.
After this, the Friary Brewery decided that the barn, with it's exposed oak beams and rafters, would make an ideal Public House. So in 1947 it was opened as "The Tudor Close", Bar and Restaurant.
In 1989, living accommodation
was transformed into a gallery restaurant overlooking the bar area
in the Great Hall with its intricately carved Jacobean wooden fireplace.
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