the history of yeovil's pubs
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sun inn (3)
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
