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25 (21) Upper Stone Street
Maidstone
01622 691162
https://www.whatpub.com/pilot
Above photo by Roy Moore 24 July 2014. |
Above photo 2023. |
 
Above sign left, May 1991, sign right 2014.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
John Brough says he thinks it used to be a Flowers tied house in the
1950s.
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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Ed McConnell, 13 April 2017.
Maidstone pubs: The Pilot, Upper Stone Street, to reopen.
A well-known Maidstone pub will be hoping to overcome some recent
turbulence when it reopens tomorrow.
The "Pilot," in Upper Stone Street, closed unexpectedly at the end of
January and owner Harvey’s Brewery cast doubt on the alehouse’s future,
saying declining trade made it unlikely it would serve punters again.
But landlady Charlotte Houlihan was pleased to announce last week that
negotiations with the Sussex-based brewers had been successful.
 The Pilot closed in January.
The pub’s hours will change in an effort to reverse its recent fortunes
and it will now open on Friday and Saturday evenings and during the
afternoon on Sunday.
It previously opened from Tuesday until Sunday.
The "Pilot" will offer real ales, cider, wines and spirits, live music and
jam nights, while Sunday lunch will be available but bookings will need
to be made.
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I am informed by Mark Richford that licensees Joe & Charlotte Houlihan
left the pub on 25 February 2018 and a management company took over and
eventually closed the pub at the end of March. The pub is now boarded
up.
Above photo showing the bar on the last night, by Mark Richford. |
Above photo showing the bar on the last night, by Mark Richford. |
 Above photo showing the
fireplace on the last night, by Mark Richford. Indeed this is now a
cold place to visit. |
Above photo showing the cellar on the last night, by Mark Richford. |
 Above photo showing the last night, by Mark Richford. |
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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By KentOnline reporter, 19 July 2018.
Maidstone: Fire breaks out at derelict pub on Upper Stone Street.
Firefighters have been tackling a fire at a derelict pub in
Maidstone.
Crews in two engines were called to an outbuilding at the The Pilot
on Upper Stone Street just after 5am.
The blaze started in an outbuilding of the derelict pub.
The road remained open while they tackled the flames at the
boarded-up property and it is not thought anyone's been hurt.
Witness John Sharp said: "Two fire crews turned up in a matter of
minutes, then just over the road another fire was burning which a
third fire crew came out to put that one out."
Fire tore through the back of The Pilot in Upper Stone Street,
Maidstone.
Crews have left the scene, with debris strewn across the back of the
abandoned pub, which closed last January.
Despite a brief reopening, the pub closed for good in March 2017.
The fire did not reach the main building.
It's not known yet how the fire started.
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Happy to say though that after some refurbishments it opened again for
business in October 2018.
However, I have been informed that the owners Harvey's Brewery have put
it up for sale and there have been no takers as far as August 2021.
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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Alan Smith, 27 November 2023.
500-year-old Grade II listed Maidstone pub The Pilot for sale at
Clive Emson auction.
A prominent pub in a busy town centre is for sale at auction.
The Pilot in Upper Stone Street, Maidstone, had been given a guide
price of £260,000.
The hostelry includes residential accommodation on the upper floors,
and there is a beer terrace and a sadly rather overgrown garden.
It is being offered freehold and would suit someone looking to run
their own business.
The building dates from the 16th century and is Grade II listed. It
has timber beams and an inglenook fireplace.
The Pilot has had a checkered history in recent years – first
closing in 2017, although it later re-opened.
It also suffered a fire in an outbuilding in 2018.
The bar.
The lounge bar.
The beer terrace at the back.
It was a Harvey’s pub, the Sussex brewery’s only outlet in
Maidstone.
The pub is lot 127 of 150 lots being offered for sale through Clive
Emson auctioneers in a two-day sale that starts on Monday, December
11.
There is one bedroom living accommodation on the first floor and
three further inter-connecting rooms in the attic.
The pub is currently vacant. |
LICENSEE LIST
HAYAWRD William 1861+ (also gentleman's servant age 50 in 1861 )
WELLS Edward 1867-74+ (age 47 in 1871)
WELLS Edward 1874+
BURVILLE William 1881-82+ (also general labourer age 64 in 1881)
BROWN Henry T 1891-1904 (age 65 in 1901)
BUCKLOW Charles 1911-13+ (age 55 in 1911)
BUCKLOW William 1918-30+
BEEVERS Charles H 1938+
HOULIHAN Joe & Charlotte to 25/Feb/2018
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Pilot.shtml
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