Pub Design Awards


The Pub Design Awards are an annual awards, established in 1983 and hosted by CAMRA in association with English Heritage and the Victorian Society, that are given to exceptional pubs in the UK that have been newly built/converted or have recently undergone building/conservation work.

Categories

The awards cover 4 Categories:
  1. New Build
  2. Conversion of existing buildings to pub use
  3. Refurbishment of existing public houses
  4. The English Heritage Award for conservation
There is also a fifth award which is given independently of the above categories and cannot be entered directly; the Joe Goodwin Conservation Award, sometimes known as Joe Goodwin Award for best 'Street-Corner Local'. This is chosen from all entries, not just winners of other categories.
Any pub can only enter one category, entries may be from anywhere in the British Isles. Anyone can enter a pub for the awards.

Entry

Photographs and a typed description of the interior and exterior and what work was completed are required for entry, as are drawings of the interior plan and location map of the pub.
To qualify, the work must have been finished between 1 January and 31 December of the year before, e.g. For 2007, the work on the pub must have been completed sometime in 2006.

Judging

Judging takes place initially by shortlisting, after which the selection will be visited, the panel comprises members of the CAMRA Pubs Group along with conservation experts and architects outside CAMRA.
Not every award is given every year, but there are often mentions for highly commended pubs, and some years there are joint winners when there are a number of exceptional pubs in particular categories.
The winners receive a plaque which can be displayed publicly in the pub, permanently.

Winners

Where the entry reads None Awarded, this means no award was given in that category for that year, even though there may be 'Highly Commended' pubs in that category. None listed, this means there was no information about that particular award. Sources: ; What's Brewing, Issue: April 2007, Article: Better pubs by design..