List of pubs named Carpenters Arms


The following list is for Public Houses commonly called "pubs" in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, entitled "Carpenter Arms." Some of these date back to the development of "true English Pubs" created by English alehouses.

Bedfordshire

  • A former pub in Dunstable. The premises now house a dental practice.
  • A pub in the village of Harlington.

Berkshire

Bristol

Buckinghamshire

  • A former public house in the village of Chalfont St Peter. Located on the High Street, it has since been demolished.
  • A pub in the town of Marlow which is a Grade II listed building from the early 1600s. This Carpenters Arms pub issued a 15mm copper farthing trade token that had the Carpenters Arms Coat of Arms of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters on one side. These quarter of a penny tokens along with a half penny trade token were produced from about 1648 to at least 1673. These trade tokens should not be confused with the 15.6mm copper trade tokens issued by George Carpenter, of Wapping, in the 1650s. In 2009, the pub was rebranded as an Irish bar and renamed O'Donoghue's. In 2017, it was confirmed that chef Tom Kerridge had purchased the pub which was renamed The Butcher's Tap.
  • A former public house in the hamlet of Saunderton Lee, near Princes Risborough, which is now a private residence.
  • A public house in the village of Slapton. It is a half-timbered construction begun in the 16th century under a thatched roof.
  • A pub in the village of Stewkley, which also doubles as an Indian restaurant.

Cambridgeshire

  • A pub located in Victoria Road, Arbury, Cambridge, owned by Punch Taverns which closed in 2011, but re-opened in 2013 as a gastropub.
  • A former pub on King Street in the city of Cambridge, which closed in the early 1900s. The street is noted for a pub crawl named "The King Street Run", although this pub had long closed before the crawl was devised.
  • A pub in the village of Coates.
  • A gastropub in the village of Great Wilbraham. The building is Grade II listed, dating back to the 1640s and has been a pub since 1729.
  • A pub in the town of Soham on Brook Street.
  • A pub in Stanground, a residential area of the city of Peterborough, located on South Street.
  • A former pub in the village of Tydd St Giles, near Wisbech, which was situated on Buttersmith Alley.
  • A former public house in Whittlesey which is known historically as Whittlesea, about six miles east of Peterborough. The pub, now a private dwelling was located on Station Road.
  • A pub in the village of Wimblington, Cambridgeshire. The building was constructed in the early 17th century and was named the Carpenter Arms by 1724.
  • "Carpenters' Arms", Wisbech. A pub that may have gave given its name to Carpenter's Arms Yard. The last reference to the pub itself was in the 19th century.

Cardiff

Carmarthenshire

Ceredigion

  • A pub and inn in Llechryd, a village approximately from Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales. The premises have been renamed Flambards and are now a hotel and tearoom.

Cornwall

Derbyshire

  • A country pub in the village of Dale Abbey, near Derby and Ilkeston which is over 300 years old and has been in same family for more than 80 years.

Devon

  • A former pub in the town of Dawlish, now a private residence, on Old Town Street. The pub was originally tied to the Dawlish Brewery, who passed it onto the Heavitree Brewery in the 1920s.
  • A pub in the parish of Ilsington situated on the eastern edge of Dartmoor.

Dorset

East Yorkshire

  • A country pub in the village of Fangfoss on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.
  • A former pub in Hull, on Great Union Street. First mentioned in 1806, it was known for a time as The Shipwrights Arms and was owned by the Hull Brewery when it closed in 1937. The building was bombed in 1941 and the current site is now occupied by a second-hand car lot.
  • A pub in the town of Market Weighton.
  • A former pub in Skirlaugh, which closed in 1968 and was located at the southern end of the village.

Essex

  • A former pub on South Street in the town of Braintree.
  • A c18th pub for sale in the parish of Danbury.
  • A pub located in Smarts Lane in the town and civil parish of Loughton in the Epping Forest district of Essex. The pub has two bars – the back bar a public bar and the front bar a saloon bar.
  • A pub located in Gate Street, Maldon. The building has been in existence since the 1340s and was purchased by the Maldon Brewery in 1847, eventually becoming its brewery tap until the brewery's closure in 1952.
  • A pub/restaurant in the village of Rawreth, near Wickford, currently known as The Carpenters Restaurant.

Gibraltar

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

  • A former pub in Berkhamsted, located on Park Street which may also have been known as The Gardeners Arms.
  • A pub in the town of Harpenden. The pub has its own cricket team, Carpenters Arms CC.
  • The Rose & Crown in Flamstead was previously known as the Carpenters Arms.

Kent

Lancashire

  • A pub in Lancaster dating back to the 18th century. Noted for being one of a handful of pubs with an upstairs gravity fed cellar. It changed its name to The Three Mariners' in 1986.

Lincolnshire

London

  • A pub in Carpenters Road, Stratford, London, on the edge of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Particularly popular with West Ham United supporters on match days at the London Stadium.
  • A pub on Cheshire Street in east London which is a free house. It was once owned by the notorious Kray twins who bought it for their mother.
  • A pub in Whitfield Street in the Fitzrovia neighbourhood of London near Tottenham Court Road.
  • A gastropub in Hammersmith opened in 2007. Restaurant critic A. A. Gill gave the pub a five-star review in The Sunday Times.
  • A pub on Kings Cross Road in the Kings Cross area of central London. In 2017, the pub re-opened as The Racketeer.
  • A former pub in Elmira Street in Lewisham. Opened in around 1855, the pub closed in 1956 and has since been demolished.
  • Two former pubs in Limehouse, London, now both also demolished: one in Grenade Street and the latter on Ben Jonson Road. The latter, originally a beer house closed in c. 1999 and is now the site of a health centre. Was known as 'The Old Carpenters Arms' at the time of closure.
  • A pub in Seymour Place, off Edgware Road in London near Marble Arch. The pub has been in existence since 1776 and was rebuilt in 1872. The pub is a Free House and is also home to the London branch of CAMRA.
  • A former pub on the corner of Bridport Place and Rushton Street next to Shoreditch Park. It is uncertain as to when the pub opened, however it was in operation in the 1850s. The pub, known as Rushtons at the time of closure, was converted to residential units circa 2002, however the building still retains its pub signage.
  • A tavern in St. Marylebone, run by the parents of Edward Coxen in the mid-1850s to 1882. Originally situated at Gray Place, later becoming Picton Place, the pub changed name to the Three Cheers before closing in 2004 and becoming a Chinese restaurant. The current address is 29a James Street.
  • A former pub on Cambridge Heath Road in the Stepney district of the East End.
  • A former pub in Woolwich High Street, now demolished. The pub dated from the early 1800s and was rebuilt around 1925.

Middlesex

Monmouthshire

Norfolk

Northamptonshire

North Lincolnshire

  • A pub in Westwoodside where the Haxey Hood, a traditional annual event held every 6 January, is held between there and the village of Haxey.

North Yorkshire

  • A traditional village inn in the village of Felixkirk on the outskirts of Thirsk.

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Somersetshire

Suffolk

  • A pub in Great Bricett in the C18th. ADVERTISEMENTS. To be Lett. A very good Publick House, known by the Name of the Carpenters Arms in Great Briset, with a new Malting Office, and an Acre and half of Land, all Freehold.

Surrey

Warwickshire

Wiltshire

  • A mid 19th century English pub in Lacock on Church Street.
  • A country pub in the village of South Marston near Swindon, owned by Arkells brewery.
  • A pub in the village of Sherston. This pub closed in 2013.