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Picture source: Peter Beard.

The Fitzwilliam Inn was situated at 24 Sackville Street.

Built in 1880, The Fitzwilliam Inn nicknamed ‘The Fitz’ was a large three storey pub situated on Sackville Street, Barnsley. The ground floor of the premises was the bar area, the first and second floor were living quarters and the lower floor was used as the cellar to store stock. The pub closed in 2005 due to decreased demand in trade. The building never served as a pub again and remained shut. Following the long period of emptiness the site suffered major damage due to squatters and general neglect of the building structure. On numerous occasions Barnsley Council received plans to demolish the building and replace it with apartments. However, these were rejected due to concerns that the sites elevated position would cause privacy issues to the houses on Coalby Walk. Recently in December 2016, Barnsley Council’s Planning Department received another plan to demolish the former pub and erect a 3/4 storey building containing 12 studio apartments and 2 two bedroom apartments. This plan was accepted but work is not yet started.

UrbexNorthernUK (December 2020)

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Name	Dates	Comments
Malcolm Wood	1987/1993	Publican
David Horne	1965/1967	My first pint of beer here. Landlord was a classmates (Holgate Grammar) dad - Mr Ellison , I believe - great memories. Start of a long and very fond relationship with ale.

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Date of photo: 2020	Picture source: UrbexNorthernUK
Date of photo: 2020	Picture source: UrbexNorthernUK