I am sorry to say there is No Good Intent for Horndean’s Colonial Bar from the landowner; despite a number of businesses offering to take on and renovate the building the landowners have gone ahead with demolition of one of Horndean’s most visible +180 year old iconic structures.
Back in the 1970’s the Colonial Bar was called The Good Intent, and way, way before that (1830’s) it was named The Woodman. The Good Intent in the 70’s was a family restaurant and during its history passed through The Schooner Inn and The Berni Inn chains.
The landowner’s current intention is to allow the land to remain empty. We don’t expect any planning permission to be submitted until the 2020’s due Horndean having met it’s house building quota for the foreseeable future.
The only remaining Horndean pubs will be The Ship and Bell and The Red Lion.
Horndean has lost 60% of it’s pubs since 2009.
Current trading is no measure to whether a pub is closed by the landowner, so which Horndean public house is next for closure?
Spent many a happy hour here when it was The Good Intent.
Diana I loved the Good Intent as well. I am absolutely gutted this part of Horndean’s history has been erased.
It was back in the early 60s and Gwen was the land lady.
Is The Farmer still going?
Yes
Thankyou.
The Farmer at Catherington is still going strong
So sad to see a Horndean land mark disappear that so much a part of my life growing up.
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Very sad many a good evening spent there
Great memories of 1950s and early 60s when it was a Watneys pub with a “Red Barrel Club” that went on outings, kids as well
A shame it’s going, but for some time it’s been an eye sore. But it won’t look much better being left as derelict land for some years to come!
Horrendous decision. When the children were young I took them all here and before that Terry and I used it. It was called The Schooner Inn then. It us such a shame to wipe out 150 years without any productive replacement for the space. Change is always inevitable but it send they have not thought of a future for this space. A great shame.
Screw your land owners
I couldn’t have said it better.
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Sad at the destruction of our history
It was one of the coaching inns from London to Portsmouth, money before history and heritage, sad sad sad
picture of it being knocked down should never been a loud to happen :(
So sad. X
From my experience I’m sure this is just an oversight and the council were probably just distracted with a wine and cheese party and missed the appeals from the public.
Such a shame,another childhood memory gone.Had first proper meal in there when it was a Berni.
Same here, Jez, used to live in Murray Road in the 70’s and I loved that place. I can’t eat Black Forest Gateau without having a flashback! :)
No matter what I ALWAYS ended up having a good night at colonial, always dancing and drunk. Sad times
Hi James in fairness to Horndean Parish Council, who are rather better at engaging than some other councils, a representative of HPC went on record to say they tried but there was nothing that could be done to prevent the demolition as it wasn’t original enough :(
That’s fair enough I guess. I mean, it couldn’t possibly be the council that approved the changes to the original structure in the first place eh? Circle of life.
Here’s the thing, the land owner is such a big player they haven’t and won’t for some time put in planning permission to build anything to replace what was there and they didn’t need to get planning permission to demolish what was there … crazy eh?
I grew up in Horndean and it looks regional enough to me not much had changed from regional picture there knocking down all the history of Horndean all that’s left is pictures so sad
Had many a celebratory steak at the Good Intent. Sad news .
It was an eyesore – either needed masses of work or pulling down
Cant believe another childhood memory gone
Yes l used to work there in the 70 great time âº