A Herefordshire community has been left in shock, following the news that its local pub will close for the final time.
Penrhos Court confirmed in a social media post that Penrhos Court, The Python’s Arms and Cattle Shed will all close, with much of the blame being directed at the current government, as well as previous governments.
A post shared on social media said:
Dear all,
This is so incredibly difficult to write.
It’s been over nine years since our adventure at Penrhos began and during that time as with all businesses, we’ve experienced our share of highs and lows with the pandemic being an obvious example, however we’ve continued to grow and expand into the three elements we now operate.
The Cattle Shed Cafe, The Threshing Barn holiday cottages and more recently The Python’s Arms pub.
The reception and support we’ve received from our guests has been truely humbling and it’s been a regular concern that car parking for around 40 vehicles just wasn’t enough!
All three aspects of the business are now award winning and with the holiday cottages being described as “World Class” in reviews, we really couldn’t be more proud.
With all that said it’s no secret that the British hospitality industry is struggling with the catastrophic decisions taken by both the past and present governments pushing more and more venues to the wall.
Sadly, Penrhos isn’t immune to skyrocketing overheads, and try as we might, the figures just don’t stack up anymore.
Penrhos Court is no longer a viable business and with the government’s refusal to deviate from their present course nothing will change in our favour.
Therefore regrettably, we will be permanently closing the doors of the Cattle Shed and Python’s Arms on the evening of June 1st and the following morning for the cottages once the last guests have departed.
We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all our guests and customers, many of whom have become great friends over the years and above all to our wonderful, fabulous, brilliant staff, many of whom have now become family…
Nothing can take away from what you’ve achieved here and you should all be hugely proud!
As for us, we have a new exciting project lined up not so far away, where you may just recognise a few familiar faces!
More on that later…
In the meantime we’d love to see you up here before we leave!
With love and thanks,
Mark, Laura & Dillan xxx
