The Globe was a Wintles Forest Brewery house. In 1891 and 1903 it had an annual rateable value of £30.0s.0d. and was classified as an alehouse. Closing time was at 11 pm.
When the Globe Inn was put up for auction by the Forest Brewery in 1923 it was described as a stone and rough cast building which consisted of a bar, private bar, smoke room and kitchen on the ground floor. There were six rooms on the first floor and outside the property were a ‘small yard, coal store, two W.C’s, Coach-house, stabling for three, with good club room over and a public urinal.’ To the rear of the premises ‘is a large garden, divided into four, but with no fixed boundaries, which is used by the tenants of the Globe, and the three tenants of the cottages adjoining. In this ground is a brick-built stable, coach-house, two W.C’s, wash house and pigsty.’
Ownership of the Globe passed to Cheltenham Original Brewery in 1937 and thence to West Country Breweries. A West Country Brewery ‘Best in the West’ plaque is still in place on the outside wall.
Lydney Observer, July 1888 – Cinderford Accident: On Monday last, Yeend’s swing boats and roundabouts were engaged at the Globe Inn yard, it being festival day of the True Briton Club, when a lad named Frank Biscoe, son of John Biscoe, of the Bell Inn, was with another lad in a swing boat, and when at considerable height, fell out. His face was severly cut and bruised and he was for some time insensible. He is still in a painful condition, and will bear the marks for some time.
Ross Gazette, Thursday 13th May 1909 – Sad Suicide: Mr Milson Powell, who resided with his wife and married daughter and son-in-law in Lower High Street, Cinderford, came to sad end by drowning on Friday morning. The deceased, who was about 70 years of age, had suffered greatly for many months with cancer in the cheek. The body of Mr Powell was found in the draw well in the yard close to the house. Mr Powell was greatly respected, and much symphathy is felt in the town for his widow and family. He kept the Globe Hotel for many years, and was also the Railway Company’s town carrier for a considerable period. A verdict of suicide by drowning whilst temporarily insane was returned.
Below: Conveyance and assignment of freehold and leasehold properties of Wintles Brewery Limited (in liquidation) to The Cheltenham Orignal Brewery Company Limited (dated 7th May 1937)
The Globe was refurbished by Whitbread in March 1970, after being closed since the previous August. The ‘Forester’ newspaper reported in March: ‘A representative of the brewery company (Whitbread) said that the Globe Inn has now become virtually a one-bar house, with its attractive new bar a feature of the building. The inn has closed since last august when the license Mr Martyn Hale of Drybrook vacated the premises. The Globe Inn was then closed pending the alterations which began last November. The main contractors, Messrs Barnwood Builders of Gloucester, are still working on the site, but it is anticipated that the tidying up of the premises will be completed this week, ready for reopening next Thursday March 12th of this transformed public house. The alterations which have been undertaken on this public house have been extended to include the modernisation of the licensees private quarters.
The building, on the east side of the High Street, is set off the road and is still instantly recognisable as an old pub. It is was last in use as a veterinary surgery. (Globe Vets).
Landlords at the Globe Inn include:
1856-1859 William Organ
1871 Mary Ann Nicholas
1876-1878 Alfred Nicholas
1879-1881 Joseph Webb
1881 John Smith
1882 John Tingle
1882 John Mason
1883 John Smith
1885-1896 Milson Powell
1891 E.M. Powell
1902,1903,1906 Moses Harris
1919 Mrs Mary A. Harris
1927 Thomas J. Knight
1935,1939 Alfred French (1937 -Arthur S.L. French – see above)