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 Properties - Mole Inn

The Mole Inn is now a private house known as Argyll House, which appeared in the news in recent years after three cars hit the wall in the same frosty morning.  It was tied to the Simonds brewery and served the domestic staff of the Simonds family (banking, not brewing) who lived nearby at 'Newlands', plus those of the Walter family at Bearwood.  See the Bearwood Estate map for its location.

Here is a postcard view of the building when it was a public house.

Here's a close-up of the writing on the wall; the 'Mole' was also in the business of providing teas as well as beer (see the 'Swan' Tea-Garden here).

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