Feb 2024 - the shareholders of the City Pub Group have agreed to the sale of the company to Young's. Change of operator will, we understand, thake place from 4th March.

Reverted to The Three Crowns in April 2017 after spending a year as Hill & Szrok (a butchery-focussed pub). At the end of 2009/early 2010 all the surrounding buildings had been knocked down, while the pub, which is locally listed, remained standing and was used as a site office for the adjacent redevelopment.

In 2013 the pub re-opened. Comprehensive internal refurbishment into a modern venue has seen the space trebled in size which has allowed a dedicated dining area to be added with an open kitchen. Of note, the pub has had an exterior refurbishment which revealed an original bottle-green-tiled Barclay's Brewery (appears pre-Barclay Perkins) facade. An imaginative retention of what had become a tired pub. A Premier Inn is next door.