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Date of photo: 2016	Picture source: T C
The Plough was situated at 38 Cornmarket Street.  This grade-II listed pub opened in 1656 and closed in 1924, the plough motif and sign still remain. It is now used as a branch of Austin Reed.
Austin Reed closed its doors in 2016 and, after almost 100 years of closure, this pub has now reopened.
Movement80 (December 2018)
Listed building details:
On the South-East corner of St Michael's Street. Formerly the Plough Inn. Restored and mainly rebuilt but originally C17 (It was once dated 1665 on the front window). 2-storeyed timber-framed with a high attic gable. In the 1st floor is a 6-light casement window with a modillioned cornice above it surmounted by 2 small gables. The ground floor has a modern shop front "in keeping". Brown tiled roof. The North side is a modern reconstruction and has modern gables, in each of which is a 6-light wood mullioned window, with returns, and supported on brackets and having a moulded cornice. A good restoration of an old house and thus its present appearance is worth preservation. Interior. Retains a stone fireplace on the 1st f_oor on the West.
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Date of photo: c1900s	Picture source: Movement80