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Historic Hotwells hostelry could become a community pub
Despite planning permission being granted to convert a historic pub into three flats, the last pint may not yet have been pulled behind its bar.
The Adam & Eve is believed to be the oldest pub Hotwells but despite standing for around 250 years, it has remained empty for some time.
The newly formed Friends of the Adam & Eve group are now actively pursuing the idea of buying the pub and running it as a community enterprise.
The Adam & Eve is located on Hope Chapel Hill opposite Hotwells Primary School – photo: Martin Booth
The group is currently in talks with the owner of the building on Hope Chapel Hill about a private sale before an auction is due to take place on May 19.
The Friends of the Adam & Eve have set up an online questionnaire and hope that after a positive response an independent trust can be set up.
Early plans are for the business to remain a pub at heart, but potentially offering a range of other services such as a cafe, bakery or courier drop-off point.
One of the last tenants at the Adam & Eve were Bristol brewery Left Handed Giant in 2015 – photo: Martin Booth
Inside the Adam & Eve, before it was sold to a property developer who initially applied for planning permission to shoehorn five flats into it, even putting bedrooms in the cellar – photo: Martin Booth
The Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Association say that the recent history of the Adam & Eve has been “a sad decline of a historical and much loved institution”.
In a newsletter to members, they wrote: “We will need the whole community to rally behind the plans to avoid the sad fate of other pubs like the Windmill at Windmill Hill.
“Let us create a small, local miracle – like the brilliant Packhorse Inn at South Stoke, near Bath…
“Don’t let’s sit back and watch our own community lose yet another vital asset!”
Main photo: Martin Booth
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