The Trout Inn, Wolvercote

If you think Vintage Inns had wrecked one of the most famous Old Pubs in the country you should see it inside now. Contemporary and stylish , yes. The food is chic and contemporary too. But who with any sense of feeling for the most charming and historic Inn in England, or memory of it in its heyday, would consider that this was an appropriate thing to do to it. A typical classy 21st century gastropub. You could go to the same thing anywhere in the financially well off world. For anyone who loved the old Trout it is genuinely heartbreaking.

25 Mar 2007 12:07