In 1883, The Bell Inn became the Admiral Vernon
Inn (J.W. Coles), known as the Admiral Inn until closure in May 2006.
 The tennant in 1883 was Joseph Richards who had leased the Bell Inn from a William Loram. William Loram sold the pub to St Anne's Well Brewery in 1895 (deeds) and moved to Brooklands (J.W. Coles). John Routley took over at the pub and changed it's name to the Admiral Vernon after the pub he had previously run, which was burned down in 1871. William Loram is listed in White's Devon Directory as a Butcher. The Bell Inn or Olde Bell Inn Exeter Flying Post "to be sold" notice 7th December 1846) was originally a private residence known as Burgoynes after it's owner William Burgoyne listed there in 1704.  In the early 1990's the Admiral Vernon Inn became the Admiral Wine Bar, and around 2000 simply The Admiral Inn. The pub issued 2 sets of checks. On can be viewed below, this during the residency of a man named Adams, 18.6mm in diameter.  The other check was issued during the residency of John Routley (1883-1890), again 18.6mm in diameter; ROUTLEYS / ADMIRAL / VERNON / INN / ALPHINGTON
HELMORE.MAKER.EXETER. "6d" within a 10mm circle  The Public Bar.  Restaurant, for years the Lounge Bar. The pub was up for sale in late 2005 and closed in May 2006. It was sold on 31st August 2007 and planning permission was sought for work at the back of the inn, by the Exeter Housing Society. The Admiral Inn scheme will consist of a conversion of the pub and the barn behind, and also 2 new build houses in the courtyard. The build contract with Blight & Scoble should commence in November 2007 taking 12 months to development and build. Stuart Callon Copyright ©2002-2007 |