Monument record 727/64 - Possible former Inn known as The Reindeer Inn

{1} Possible Inn, Watling Street West.

{2} In the 17th century it was known as “The Reyned Deer” but in the early 18th century it was called “The Belle & Rene Dere” which later changed to “The Buck and Bell”. It ceased to be an inn about 1770 and was then called “Buck & Bell House”. In the early 19th century the building was improved by John Smith, one of the town’s many grocers, at which time it was given a new top floor and re-fronted in brick. Here John Smith offered for sale to the public teas, coffees, spices, fruit, hops, cheese, bacon etc. It was a grocer’s shop for over 150 years with the “International Stores” being the last grocery business. Now the building has two ground floor shops with offices above. One shop is occupied by “Towcester Tea Rooms” but the rest of the building is currently vacant.

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Towcester (Industrial), 3.4.2 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100255.

<4> Giggins B., 2016, The Reindeer Inn, 169 Watling Street (Note). SNN110320.

Record last edited

May 31 2016 3:26PM