TA1028 : The Olde Black Boy, Hull (1)
taken 1 year ago, near to Kingston Upon Hull, England
The historic core of this pub is set back from the High Street, and dates from c.1700. It had been used by a tobacco dealer and later a wine merchant. The present street frontage dates from 1926 when the building was refitted as a pub for T Lindsey & Co. Later it became a Tetley pub and was the only one in East Yorkshire in their 'heritage pub' scheme. It is now statutorily listed grade II (list entry 1389398) and on CAMRA's national list of heritage pub interiors.
In 2014 the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) produced a book titled "Yorkshire's Real Heritage Pubs" (ISBN 978-1-85249-315-8). These are pubs that might be listed for their exterior architecture, or serve great real ale, but not all: inclusion in the collection is for their unaltered historic interiors representing mostly the Victorian and Edwardian era with features such as brass, carved wood, real fires, mosaics and tiling. This shared description will cover the 19 listed in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire (10 of them in Hull) as I visit them.