Locals elevate £260k to purchase village pub featured in iconic ITV drama
- The Swan on the Green pub in Kent, was used for filming of ITV’s The Larkins
- Landlord Gordon Milligan is promoting the pub and requested locals in the event that they wish to purchase it
- Group of 11 villagers have now acquired six months to lift the cash to purchase the pub
Villagers have raised £260,000 within the hope of shopping for a well-known native pub featured in an ITV drama.
The Swan on the Green pub in West Peckham, Kent, was used for filming of ITV’s The Larkins, starring Bradley Walsh.
Renamed ‘The Hare and Hound’, the pub was closed when filming occurred in 2021 for the second sequence based mostly on HE Bates’s 1958 novel, The Darling Buds of May.
But Gordon Milligan, who has owned the pub for 23 years, is now trying to promote.
Mr Milligan was involved a brand new proprietor may convert the constructing – which dates again to 1526 – into housing, so he requested the villagers in the event that they needed to purchase it as a substitute.
The Swan on the Green pub in West Peckham, Kent, was used for filming of ITV’s The Larkins
On location: Swan Pub in West Peckham was used to movie different scenes within the present (the background of a shot from the remake reveals the identical constructing)
The pub was closed when filming occurred in 2021 for the second sequence based mostly on HE Bates’s 1958 novel, The Darling Buds of May. Pictured is the village inexperienced
A steering group of 11 individuals has been set as much as purchase the pub – headed up by native Ray King.
He advised KentOnline: ‘Mr Milligan has kindly given us six months exclusivity to provide you with a plan and we’ve got very not too long ago agreed a value with him.
‘We need to supply funding from the Community Ownership Grant scheme, a part of the Government’s Levelling Up programme, and can in fact be looking for donations from native villagers and companies.
‘There are most likely some issues we’d wish to do – perhaps a brand new rest room block and a refit of the kitchen.
‘So we’d be trying to elevate extra money than simply the acquisition value, nevertheless it must be attainable. We’ve had a whole lot of help already. ‘
Mr King added: ‘It [the pub] performs an essential position in our neighborhood, and never simply in West Peckham however wider afield with our neighbouring villages.’
The Kent hamlet supplied the proper backdrop for the filming to happen
The Larkins: (L-R) Montgomery Larkin (Liam Middleton), Petunia Larkin (Rosie Coleman),Victoria Larkin (Lola Shepelev), Zinnia Larkin (Davina Coleman), Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett), Primrose Larkin (Lydia Page), Charley (Tok Stephen), Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh) and Ma Larkin (Joanna Scanlan)
The group is asking for pledges of help with a minimal donation of £250 – and up to now, they’ve acquired £268,300.
The Larkins follows the household lifetime of Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh), his spouse Ma Larkin (Joanna Scanlan) and their daughter Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett) as they navigate village life.
The Durrell’s screenwriter Simon Nye tells the story of the working class household, first dropped at life in H.E. Bates’ Fifties novel, for a brand new era of followers who missed out on the nineties basic, which gave Hollywood star Catherine Zeta Jones her appearing breakthrough.
The predominant focus is the love story between Mariette and village newcomer Charley who arrives of their village to analyze the household’s tax affairs, however is shortly distracted by his emotions for Mariette.
