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109 New Street
Ashford
Above photo kindly sent by Peter Moynahan, date unknown. |
Above photo, date and names unknown, also showing the "Prince of
Orange." |
Above photo, circa 1963, from Tel Terry. |
Above photo, 1970. |
Above photo showing Gravel Walk in 1972, before the area was given made
into a car-park. The rear of the "Prince
Albert" and "Prince of
Orange" can be seen on the right, with the long lost "Engineer"
being the white building on the left. |
Above photo, 17 August 1975, by Jim Ashby. |
Above photo kindly sent by Chris Excell, 23 January 1983. |
Above photo, 6 June 2003, by Jim Ashby. |
Above photo, 4 March 2006, by Jim Ashby. |
Above photo, 4 March 2006, by Jim Ashby. |
Above photo, 4 March 2006, by Jim Ashby. |
Above photo 2009 by David Anstiss
Creative Commons Licence. |
Above photo kindly sent by Chris Excell, date unknown. |
 
Sign left September 1991, sign right, 2009.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
Above photo showing the pub in May 2014. |
Above photo 2016 by John Winder
Creative Commons Licence. |
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The "Prince Albert" was referred to as a beer-house in the 1881 census.
For many years operating as a Westarham Ales House and later being passed
over to Ind Coope.
It was included in the CAMRA good beer guide in 1986. The pub was sold in
the winter of 87/88 to the family of one of the bar staff. Unfortunately, it
went downhill from then onwards and eventually got bought out by the "Prince of Orange"
owners.
Before being closed and boarded up in 2008, the right hand side of the building
was operating as the "Prince of Orange"
in the 2000s but became amalgamated prior to closure.
Demolished 2018, certainly planning proposal for mixed development.
(2019)
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 12 February 1881.
Christopher James Stammers, aged 15, was charged with stealing a whip,
value 5s. the property of Edward Batt, of the "Prince Albert Inn,"
NewStreet, Ashford. On the previous evening Mr. Batt stopped his van
outside his premises and went in, leaving his whip in the socket. The
prisoner was seen by two little boys named Edward Pratt and Edward
Baker, to jump up in the van and run away with the whip. They gave
information to Mr. Batt. The whip had not been found. The prisoner's
history, as stated by Supt. Noakes, was an unfortunate one. His father,
who was in a respectable position, had been dead some time; and his
mother was in reduced circumstances and had taken a situation. She had
done all she could for the boy and so had other friends, but he lived a
vagrant life, and was in the habit of sleeping in an empty house in
Queen Street.
He was committed for one month with hard labour, at the
end of the term to be sent to a reformatory for thee years.
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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Dan Wright. 6 April 2018.
Prince Albert pub demolition set to begin in Ashford.
The long-awaited demolition of a derelict pub to make way for a new
apartment block is set to begin soon.
Contractors have moved in at the former Prince Albert in New Street,
which has sat abandoned since closing in 2008.
Scaffolding has been erected around the front of the site after
councillors gave permission for it to be flattened in November last
year.
Demolition is set to begin on the Prince Albert (1374331
Developers are to build a block of 14 two-bedroom flats over a mixed
four and five-storey building on the site, which will also include a
ground floor retail space.
Campaigners raised concerns about the scale of the design which was
likened to an uninspiring multi-storey car park by Cllr Bernard Heyes.
He told the planning committee meeting last November: "This is nothing
more than a hideous monstrosity that is totally unsympathetic to the
historic Barrow Hill area.
How the site used to look. Picture: Steve Salter.
"The dark and gloomy cladding makes the building look ominous and
unattractive.
"The developer says the design is robust - I think a more appropriate
adjective is ‘ugly’.”
Council leader Gerry Clarkson said last year that it had been a
“derelict scar” in Ashford for too long, adding the building was
de-listed because it has little merit left as a historic site as many
features have been lost or damaged.
How the flats at the Prince Albert site will look (1376578)
But angry nearby resident Joanna Perkin said: "Parking will remain an
issue, as will the safety on this busy roundabout. I am also concerned
about access to Barrow Hill while the demolition and building works are
carried out.”
The plans for the apartment block - which were put forward by applicant
Whitehaven Estates - were approved by 12 votes to two, with Cllr Heyes
and Cllr Chris Waters voting against.
The pub was gutted by fire in 2014. |
LICENSEE LIST
BATT Edward 1871-1903+ (also carrier aged 44 in 1881 )
DREW Herbert E
1931-34
PEACOCK Ernest T S 1938+
HEDLEY Lee & Jane 1985-88
https://pubwiki.co.uk/PrinceAlbert.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/princealbert.html
Census
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