The Chapelfields boozer has faced a tough few years
A Coventry pub looks set to close again after re-opening just a few months ago. The Nursery Tavern on Lord Street in Chapelfields, initially closed in March 2024.
The Stonegate-owned pub opened its doors to customers once more in November of the same year. But just a few months on, it is understood a new tenant is being sought, with the current landlord taking to Facebook to let customers know the pub will likely shut, announcing a closing down sale in the coming days.
A statement on the pub's Facebook page reads: "7th, 8th, 9th March. All draught products £2.50 a pint open at midday till 11pm this is the last week of opening so this is goodbye from The Nursery Tavern Coventry for the final time.
"I don't see much hope for this beautiful little pub in the future but u [sic] never know. Just want to thank Helen Skipper and Steve for there continued support - day in day out, true nursery supporters."
The post signed off: "It's been emotional - goodbye." Stonegate has been approached for a comment.
The 19th century-built pub is often associated with the Craven Street Pub Crawl, popular with drinkers due to there once being so many drinking establishments over a short walking distance.
It's unusual name is explained on the Historic Coventry website: "The first real building on the land around the Chapelfields area was Chapelfields House with a nursery garden at the beginning of the 19th century.
"The nursery garden was called Weare's Nursery and lay on Thomas White's Charity Land. Thomas Weare, a nurseryman and seedsman, had a shop in Broadgate and it is because of him that the pub got its name. In 1845 an Act of parliament empowered the trustees of the charity to lay out roads and sell plots by public auction for development.
"The license for the Nursery Gardens was granted to George Hands on 24th August 1852. By January 1854 the name had become the Nursery Tavern ."
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:58 pm