Wetherspoons reveals reason Rugby pub will close for two weeks...

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The venue is named for a local soldier and poet



A popular Warwickshire Wetherspoon pub is set to close for two weeks. The Rupert Brook in Castle Street, Rugby, closed its doors to punters on Sunday.

The venue's website states it will remain closed until later this month. We can now reveal the reason is due to an extensive overhaul costing hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon told us: "The last day was Sunday (Nov 2) and it will be opening at 8am on Friday 21 November."

Explaining what is being done, he added: "Full refurbishment to gents and ladies toilets and a relocation of the accessible toilet.

"There will be a full kitchen upgrade, staff facilities added, including staff/locker room, changing rooms and staff toilets.

"There will also be a wood floor replacement in the customer area. The total cost of the work is £400,000."

Like many Wetherspoon pubs, the Rugby venue takes its name from the area's history. In this case, Rupert Brook was a famous poet, celebrated for his output during the First World War - his piece The Soldier being of particular significance.



He was a pupil at prestigious Rugby School where his father was a housemaster. After attending Cambridge University, Brooke studied and travelled all over the world before returning home just before war was declared.

Commissioned into the Royal Naval Division, in February 1915 a mosquito bite developed into septicaemia leading to his death in April of that year while on a hospital ship off the Greek island of Skyros - he was subsequently buried in an olive grove on the island.

Artwork, with references to Brooke’s poetry, is on display at the pub.

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