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Monmouth Road

 

The Sun Inn was built in the mid-1950's to serve the Monmouth Road / Charles Road / Rosebery Avenue area where much inter- and post-war housing was being developed.

In that sense it was a typical uninspiring 'estate' pub of the period, red brick under a tiled roof in much the same vein as the Green Dragon, Milford Inn and the Royal Standard and, like these others, the Sun Inn became a little 'tired' and had an almost exclusively local clientele towards the end of its life.

It closed in 2003 and was quickly demolished in early 2004, despite local protestations, and replaced with a block of flats, Seymour Court (see below).

 

gallery

 


Courtesy of Chris Rendell

The Sun Inn photographed in 1989.

 

The Sun Inn, photographed around 1995.

 


Courtesy of Vivien and John Cornelius

The Sun Inn, closed and about to be demolished. Photographed in 2004.

 

Seymour Court, built on the site of the Sun Inn. Photographed in 2015.

 

licensees

 

1957 – B Davis (1957 Yeovil Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1960 – SC Dobson (1960 Yeovil Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1965 – Licensee not named (1965 Yeovil Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1968 – Licensee not named (Kelly’s 1968 Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1969 – Licensee not named (Kelly’s 1969 Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1970 – Licensee not named (Kelly’s 1970 Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1971 – Licensee not named (Kelly’s 1971 Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1972 – Licensee not named (Kelly’s 1972 Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1973 – Licensee not named (Kelly’s 1973 Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1974 – Licensee not named (1974 Yeovil Directory) listed as Sun Inn
1987 – Licensee not named (Denton’s 1987 Directory) listed as Sun Inn