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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Kieren Williams

Pub dubbed 'longest Homes Under Hammer project ever' could finally reopen after 14 YEARS

A pub dubbed the “longest Homes Under the Hammer project ever” looks like it might be finally set to reopen after a painstaking 14-year restoration project.

The Old Cottage Pub in Margate, Kent, was welcoming regulars and serving pints up until 2007, when it was shuttered and left in a sorry state.

Two years later David Gorton, from Sidcup, Kent. snapped up the 370-year old inn for a “bargain” £90,000 on an episode of Homes Under the Hammer.

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