The Thatched House is a public house on Ball Street in the English market town of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. A former coaching inn, it stands adjacent to the churchyard of St Chad's, at the corner of Chapel Street. A tavern, believed to have been called the Green Man,"Poulton in pictures: A market town steeped in history" - Blackpool Gazette, 1 May 2020 was on the site in 1793, and may have been built in the Middle Ages.Lancashire County Council & Egerton Lea Consultancy (2005), p. 22
The pub, which is owned by Mitchells & Butlers,"Terms and conditions" – Thatched House website was named Campaign for Real Ale's branch Pub of the Year in 2016."The Thatched: Poulton's well-known real ale pub re-opens after make-over" - Blackpool Gazette, 4 March 2019
In 2019, the pub was refurbished, including the addition of a roof terrace and an improvement to the pub's Chapel Street Brew House microbrewing facility, which was started in 2014. It is housed in the building's old coaching sheds.
Today's building was completed in 1907,A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre – Nick Moore (2018), p. 218 replacing an earlier structure which was oriented facing Chapel Street. Nicholas Charnock was the first landlord of the new construction.
The pub is one of 32 buildings in the town's Conservation Area.A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre – Nick Moore (2018), p. 1151
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