Pub open when King Henry VIII divorced his fourth wife closes after 485 years
This corner building down an alley in the seaside town Torquay costs too much rent for Hole in the Wall to affordOne of Britain’s oldest pubs has called last orders after nearly 500 years pulling pints.First opened in 1540, the Hole in the Wall, in Torquay, Devon, is older than Shakespeare and the United Kingdom.It’s survived two World Wars and 22 monarchs, spanning from King Henry VIII to the the invention of Bitcoin and the iPhone.But the 485-year-old pub hasn’t survived the