Pub that closed just before Christmas last year reopens under new owners after refurbishment
A 17th century Shropshire coaching inn that closed late last year has reopened today as a pub.
The Raven in Barrow Street, Much Wenlock, is now part of the Tipton-based Rojo Pub Company.
Rojo owner Paul Jones said it was Rojo's first pub in Shropshire and had opened on Friday.
The former Raven Hotel, which had been on the market for £849,950, had closed on Christmas Eve.
It was put up for sale in 2022 after the owners died.
They took over the pub after falling in love with the Shropshire town in the 1980s while visiting from Canada.
Family members of the original owners, who live in Canada, announced in December that the Barrow Street pub and restaurant would be closing its doors for the last time on Christmas Eve.
But thanks to Rojo it welcomed customers again today.
"It has had one of the highest quality refurbishments that we have done," said Mr Jones.
The single-room pub with open fireplaces on the ground floor will now offer five real ales and is being managed by Caitlin Fellows.
The 15 hotel rooms will be operated as a separate business to the pub.
Rojo runs a string of pubs across the Black Country.
