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Pub to become a GP surgery

Posted by Ed Saunt on Sep 28, 09 05:05 PM in

Punters visiting the Crown and Sceptre in Feltham will be served a different tonic from now on - the ailing pub is to become a doctor's surgery.

Police had the Staines Road boozer's license revoked earlier this month following a catalogue of violent incidents and now the owners have sold the lease to a group of GPs who plan to set up practice there.

The venue has been the scene of fights, assaults on children and a rape allegation in the last few months and a man lost his eye in an attack in March in which a police officer was also assaulted.

Police had had enough so applied for its licence to be withdrawn and owners Punch Taverns decided not to fight the application and sold up.

The pub's kitchens have been stripped and the inside readied for a complete overhaul in time for a surgery to open some time next year.

Hounslow police licensing inspector Steve Edwards said: "It's unfortunate to lose a pub but with the problems we have had around it is partially good news.

"It is now an unlicensed premises and while I would not want to comment on what it is likely to become, it won't be a pub - that's for sure."

Neighbour Doreen Baker, 72, said: "It's such a relief to know it's finally shut for good. That whole corner had become a no-go area day and night and the racket they used to make there was just unbearable.

"You heard all these stories about the horrific things that happened there - it's dreadful to think that's all on your doorstep. A new surgery sounds like a great idea. I would definitely use it."

A spokeswoman for Punch Taverns said: "We can confirm that the Crown & Sceptre has been sold. As the pub is no longer part of our estate it would be in appropriate for us to comment on its future. We wish the new buyers every success."

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