Couple who couldn't find house now live in pub complete with pool table and dartboard
13.08.2023 - 09:55
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A couple who couldn't find a house bought a closed pub complete with a pool table and dartboard to live in. Suzanne and Mark Wilcox were looking for a large house in the centre of Cardiff but they were having trouble finding a property that ticked all the boxes.
The location was vital for the determined pair and so, with nothing else on the market, they bought a large city centre pub instead. The Westgate enchanted Mark and Suzanne and, despite their family being initially shocked to hear that they were going to buy a pub to use as a private house, their loved ones were soon on board with the idea.
Speaking to Wales Online, Suzanne said: "We were relocating to Cardiff and we wanted to live in the centre, in a big home. Mark said 'you need to keep an open mind', because he’d seen the 'for sale 'sign on The Westgate pub as we drove past one day. I think my first words were - 'I’m not living in a pub!' But when I went online and saw such a beautiful building, I could see his plan."
The Grade II listed property is well known to locals and has a distinctive façade. It was built in 1932 by Sir Percy Thomas, who is credited with some of south Wales' most recognisable buildings and structures.
Mark remembers the moment they first viewed the stunning property. He said: "It was very much love at first sight, it is just such an incredible building, the architecture and the design, and it was just 'wow'. Our grown-up children loved the idea, they knew the place very well, so they were quite excited. Our son had visited it when it was a pub, we’d walked past it in the past but never been in ourselves."
The first few days for the couple and their daughter at The Westgate were quite strange, as the former owner Brains brewery had left
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