The Old Green Tree

The Old Green Tree
The building in 2024
General information
TypePublic house
Location12 Green Street, Bath, Somerset
, England
Coordinates51°23′00″N 2°21′37″W / 51.3834237°N 2.3601937°W / 51.3834237; -2.3601937
Completed
1716 (310 years ago) (1716)
Other information
Public transit
National Rail Bath Spa

The Old Green Tree is a public house on Green Street in Bath, Somerset, England. Grade II listed, the building dates to the 1716, and was extended to the rear in 1926. A beam across the ceiling in the main bar denotes the original back wall of the original building. It was refurbished by local architect W. A. Williams.

In June 1716, milliner John Cornish purchased part of a former bowling green in his construction of Green Street.

The interior doors each bear numbers which were used to identify the rooms for licensing purposes: the lounge is "1", the front bar is "2", the smoke room is "3" and the cellar door is "4".

The pub was a free house until 1928, when Lamb Brewery became the landlord. The pub's Green Tree Bitter is brewed locally by Blindman's Brewery. The leasehold and freehold owner is Wellington.

The pub was named UK City Pub of the Year by The Good Pub Guide in 2005 and 2008. The Daily Telegraph named it Somerset's Pub of the Year for 2024.

Tim Bethune took over the lease in 2014.

References

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  4. ↑ Mawer, Fred (12 November 2018). "The 12 best pubs in Bath". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "The best pub in Somerset in 2025 has been named". Somerset County Gazette. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Driscoll, Alex (12 January 2025). "Somerset pub named the best and it's next to 'handsome' structure". Somerset Live. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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