Couple want to turn struggling rural Shropshire pub into home after it fails to sell
The owners of a country pub in the Shropshire countryside want to turn it into a residential home after it has failed to sell.
Phil and Debra Wright have had The Baron of Beef - also known as the Baron at Bucknell - on the market for more than nine months.
They have told planners at Shropshire Council that due to the combined effects of Brexit, Covid-19 and the cost of living crisis, the country inn and hotel in Chapel Lawn Road was no longer viable as a business.
In a planning application, the publicans have said they want to convert the pub into a residential home.
They also want to demolish the buildings connecting The Baron with the grade II-listed Turkey Hall, currently a residential home, and build domestic garages, although they intend to retain the five-bedroom hotel business.
