Indian gastropub near home of Shakespeare’s wife faces demolition

Anne Hathaway’s cottage, where she was born in 1556, is cared for by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, which has begun legal proceedings against the Cask N Tandoor’s owner, Rakesh Singh. Photograph: Travelshots.com/Alamy

A pub that serves “sizzling tandoori dishes” within shouting distance of a Shakespeare heritage site may have to be demolished as the result of planning objections.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has claimed that the Cask N Tandoor pub was built in breach of a legal covenant that limits development on land owned by the hotelier Rakesh Singh.