The Crown Inn Public House

The Crown Inn Public House is a historic village pub in Pishill, a village in South Oxfordshire, England, near Henley-on-Thames. It is located on Stonor Road and dates from the 17th century, with the main building largely from the 17th and 18th centuries. The pub has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since December 1985; the thatched barn to its north-west and the stables to its south-west are also individually Grade II listed. It was included in The Good Beer Guide, edited by Roger Protz, and the 2012 entry described its history as featuring "smuggling, murder, religious conflict, seductive wenches and a ghost". In 1830 it was put up for sale at auction with several other freehold pubs through Henry Haines acting for Peel Brothers of Watlington. In the 1980s and 1990s the pub was the site of gatherings of the 'Henley Music Mafia', a loose group of rock musicians including Joe Brown, Dave Edmunds, Herbie Flowers, George Harrison, Alvin Lee, Jon Lord, Mike Moran, Gary Moore, Mick Ralphs, and Larry Smith, who occasionally played unannounced as the 'Pishill Artists'. The pub has been closed since the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom in March 2020. In 2021 it was put up for sale for £850,000 along with its barn and a self-contained two-bedroom cottage, and was bought by Pablo Diablo's Legitimate Business Firm Ltd, a company owned by entertainer and activist Russell Brand. It has not reopened as a pub under his ownership, and Brand has plans to convert the garage into a recording studio. Following the broadcast of accusations of sexual assault and rape against Brand in a Channel 4 Dispatches episode and a Sunday Times investigation in September 2023, metal fences with hessian covering were erected around the pub; South Oxfordshire District Council subsequently announced an investigation into the unauthorised fencing.

The Crown Inn is a pub in the south Oxfordshire village of Pishill near Henley-on-Thames. It dates from the 17th century and is located on Stonor Road in Pishill. The building has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since December 1985, largely dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. The thatched barn to the north-west of the pub and the stables to the south-west are also individually Grade II listed. In 1830 it was put up for sale at auction with several other freehold pubs through Henry Haines acting for Peel Brothers of Watlington. The pub has been included in The Good Beer Guide, edited by Roger Protz; the 2012 entry for The Crown described its history as featuring "smuggling, murder, religious conflict, seductive wenches and a ghost". In the 1980s and 1990s, The Crown Inn was the site of gatherings of the 'Henley Music Mafia', a loose group of rock musicians who lived in and around the Henley-on-Thames area. Members included Joe Brown, Dave Edmunds, Herbie Flowers, George Harrison, Alvin Lee, Jon Lord, Mike Moran, Gary Moore, Mick Ralphs, and Larry Smith. They would occasionally play unannounced at the pub, dubbing themselves the 'Pishill Artists'. The pub has been closed since the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom in March 2020. In 2021 it was put up for sale for £850,000 along with its barn and a self-contained two-bedroom cottage. It was bought by Pablo Diablo's Legitimate Business Firm Ltd, a company owned by entertainer and activist Russell Brand. The Crown Inn has not reopened as a pub under his ownership, and Brand has plans to convert the garage of the pub into a recording studio. Metal fences with a hessian covering were erected around the pub following the broadcast of accusations of sexual assault and rape against Brand in an episode of Dispatches on Channel 4 and an investigation in The Sunday Times in September 2023. South Oxfordshire District Council subsequently announced an investigation into the unauthorised fencing.

• The Crown Inn dates from the 17th century.

• Put up for sale at auction with several other freehold pubs through Henry Haines acting for Peel Brothers of Watlington.

• Listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.

• Site of gatherings of the 'Henley Music Mafia', who occasionally played unannounced as the 'Pishill Artists'.

• Included in The Good Beer Guide; entry described its history as featuring "smuggling, murder, religious conflict, seductive wenches and a ghost".

• Closed since the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom.

• Put up for sale for £850,000 along with its barn and a self-contained two-bedroom cottage; bought by Pablo Diablo's Legitimate Business Firm Ltd, owned by Russell Brand.

• Metal fences with hessian covering erected following broadcast of accusations against Brand; South Oxfordshire District Council announced an investigation into the unauthorised fencing.

Historic village pub and Grade II listed building, formerly a Good Beer Guide entry and music venue, currently closed.

• Real ale

  The pub was included in The Good Beer Guide, indicating it served real ale.

• Pub food

  As a public house, it would have served food and drinks.

• Allegations against owner Russell Brand

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2. 2The Crown Inn, Pishill - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org