The Horse & Groom reopened in September 2008 after a year of being closed and boarded up. It closed again in May 2012. In February 2013 it was noticed that all signage had been removed and work was started on converting the pub to residential use.

The pub was originally converted from a pair of cottages, though the 1880s town plan suggests that at that time it only took up the westernmost part of the pair.

In more recent times it was a single long narrow single bar divided only by the fireplace.…