The Thatched House is a

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on Ball Street in the English

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Poulton-le-Fylde Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,115. There is evidence of human habitatio ...

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. A former

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, it stands adjacent to the churchyard of St Chad's, at the corner of Chapel Street. A tavern, believed to have been called the Green Man, was on the site in 1793, and may have been built in the

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. Lancashire County Council & Egerton Lea Consultancy (2005), p. 22 The pub, which is owned by

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, was named

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's branch Pub of the Year in 2016."The Thatched: Poulton's well-known real ale pub re-opens after make-over"
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'', 4 March 2019 In 2019, the pub was refurbished, including the addition of a roof terrace and an improvement to the pub's Chapel Street Brew House

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facility, which was started in 2014. It is housed in the building's old coaching sheds. Today's building was completed in 1907,''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre''
– Nick Moore (2018), p. 218 replacing an earlier structure which was oriented facing Chapel Street. Nicholas Charnock was the first landlord of the new construction. The pub is one of 32 buildings in the town's

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.''A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre''
– Nick Moore (2018), p. 1151 File:Thatched House c.1880.png, The predecessor to today's structure, named the Thatched House Tavern, pictured around 1880. Landlord Nicholas Charnock is likely the person on the right File:Thatched House nook.jpg, The snug, located at the front left corner of the ground floor File:Thatched House Poulton 2024.jpg, Eastern elevation, on Chapel Street File:Chapel Street Brewery 2024 1.jpg, Chapel Street Brew House, viewed from Chapel Street File:Chapel Street Brewery 2024 2.jpg, And viewed from the churchyard of St Chad's

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thatched House Buildings and structures in Poulton-le-Fylde Pubs in Lancashire 1907 establishments in England Coaching inns