A Bristol pub which endured its share of controversy over recent years has been put up for sale for more than half a million pounds. The Criterion, which made headlines after enduring a series of gang fights, machete attacks and stabbings has officially gone on the market with a guide price of £500,000. The pub in Ashley Road, Montpelier will be going on sale by live online auction on October 19.
The sale comes with planning permission to partly demolish and erect a scheme of 5 flats and a commercial unit. The demolition will include the rear part of the Criterion to construct a 3-storey block of five flats and the commercial unit which could be a bar.
Marketed by real estate agency Hollis Morgan, the traditional pub is set to make way for the new development to keep up with wine and club culture- which the agency says is becoming increasingly popular and ‘sophisticated’. A rep has confirmed to Bristol Live that due to the ‘economic and social demand for alternative uses’ of those licensed premises, they believe that The Criterion was an ideal choice.
