The Salutation Inn closed c.1974 and was sold by Whitbread for £9,000 to Doling Design who moved their offices from Carlton House in Long Street. The last landlord was Mr. Fred Varnum. It is now in private occupation and known as Salutation House. The cottage on the left of the pub used to be a shop belonging to it.
Owner in 1891: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery
Rateable Value in 1891: £16.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse
Owner in 1903: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery
Rateable Value in 1903: £20.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse
Closing time in 1903: 11pm
Heritage: West Country Ales plaque in situ
Landlords at the Salutation Inn include:
1765 John Portlock (Salutation cider mill)
1779 John Vizard
1784 Joseph Partridge
1875,1885,1891,1895 Nathaniel Howell
(Nathaniel was 38 in 1875. Listed as a grocer in 1879 &1889, baker in 1881. He died 24.1.1895)
1897,1903,1905 Lydia Howell (Lydia died 3rd January 1905)
1916 A. E. Light
1919,1921 Sidney Underhill (had been proprietor of the Coombe Valley Brewery)
1927,1939 James Frederick Russell Varnam
- Fred Varnum – Last landlord – The pub closed and Fred retired.
