Iconic seaside town pub to close after 500 years over ‘financial difficulties’ as landlord blasts ‘more will follow’

AN HISTORIC pub is to close after serving customers for almost 500 years.

The Hole in the Wall started serving drinks in Cornwall in 1540, but is set to stop trading after it closes on April 13.

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The pub’s landlord, Richard Rossendale-Cook, blamed rising costs for forcing his hand.

He said: “I’m very very sad, of course I’d like to carry on.”

“But unless somebody comes up – a Russian oligarch...