The Shakespeare Inn is an historic public house

Public house

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

 situated on Victoria Street, Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, England

England

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. (Not to be confused with the Shakespeare Public House, Bristol

Shakespeare Public House, Bristol

The Shakespeare Public House is an historic public house situated on Prince Street in Bristol, England....

.)

It was built in the 17th century, dated 1636 on the front, as a timber framed house. It was extensively restored in 1950, under the direction of F.L. Hannam, and re-roofed in 1992. It has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a grade II listed building.