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The '''Llandoger Trow''' is a historic [[public house]] in [[Bristol]], south-west [[England]]. Dating from 1664, it is on [[King Street, Bristol|King Street]], between Welsh Back and Queen Charlotte Street, near the old [[Bristol Harbour|city centre docks]]. Named by a sailor who owned the pub after [[Llandogo]] in Wales which built [[trow]]s (flat-bottomed river boats), the building was damaged in World War II, but remained in sufficiently good condition to be designated Grade II* listed building status in 1959. The pub is said to have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write of the Admiral Benbow Inn in ''[[Treasure Island]]'' and [[Daniel Defoe]] supposedly met [[William Dampier]] and [[Alexander Selkirk]] there, his inspiration for ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. The pub is also supposedly haunted, with up to 15 ghosts and one little green ghoul, the best known being a small child whose footsteps can be heard on the top floor.
On 20 April 2019 the pub was closed, but has now re-opened as part of the Bloomsbury Leisure group.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1405976983402692610|user=eustontap|title=Big shout out for our new sister pub....|date=18 June 2021}}</ref>
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The building dates from 1664, originally a row of three houses. It was built on a timber box frame, with brick stacks. The pub has an 18th-century shop front, but the main door dates from the 20th century. The pub was partially destroyed by a bomb in [[World War II]], but three of the original five projecting [[gable]]s remain. It was designated a Grade II* [[listed building]] on 8 January 1959.<ref>{{cite web|title=Llandoger Trow |work=historicengland.org.uk |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1202324 |accessdate=22 February 2007 }}</ref>
Tradition has it that [[Daniel Defoe]] met [[William Dampier]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dampier|William_Dampier]] and [[Alexander Selkirk]], his inspiration for ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'', here,<ref name="crusoe">[http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/about-bristol/history-and-heritage Bristol Tourist Information] History & Heritage</ref> and it was [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]’s inspiration for the Admiral Benbow in ''[[Treasure Island]]''. In the [[Victorian era]] the pub was associated with the [[Bristol Old Vic|Theatre Royal]], which is across the road, and was visited by many performers and musicians including [[Henry Irving]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Burrough |first=THB |title=Bristol |year=1970 |publisher=Studio Vista |location=London |isbn=0-289-79804-3 }}</ref>
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==Modern usage==
In 1962 it became a [[Berni Inn]],
In 2019 Whitbread decided to close the Llandoger Trow as it did not fit Whitbread's style of pubs, and it needed repairs at an estimated cost exceeding £2 million. It closed on 20 April 2019. Whitbread stated they intended to sell the building as a going concern.<ref name=bp-20190420>{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/it-sad-day-last-orders-2781128 |title='It is a sad day' Last orders, please, as Llandoger Trow closes |last=Bennett |first=Geoffrey |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=20 April 2019 |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Steven |title=Last orders for Bristol pub linked to Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/21/last-orders-for-bristol-pub-linked-to-robinson-crusoe-and-treasure-island |accessdate=21 April 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=21 April 2019}}</ref> It was purchased by the Bloomsbury Leisure Group and reopened in 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cork |first=Tristan |date=2021-06-20 |title=Famous Bristol pub reopens after two years of being shut |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/famous-bristol-pub-reopens-after-5551593 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Bristol Live |language=en}}</ref>
== In Popular Culture ==
[[The Longest Johns]], a Bristol-based folk musical group, paid homage to the Llandoger Trow with their song ''Llandoger,'' featured as the opening track on their album, ''Voyage'', released on 9 February 2024.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuHq1dF1YeU |title=The Llandoger |date=9 February 2024 |type=YouTube Video |language= |publisher=The Longest Johns |trans-title= |location= |time= |access-date=10 February 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |people=Darley, Jonathan}}</ref>
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