A Brighton pub, once frequented by Only Fools and Horses and Doctor Who star Michael Jayston, has stopped serving beer.



The Dyke Road Tavern, on the corner of Dyke Road and Highcroft Villas, in Brighton, has become an upmarket furniture store almost overnight.

The pub was well over 100 years old and was a spit and sawdust” type hostelry until around 2008. Under new ownership, it became the Dyke Pub and Kitchen specialising in woodfire-cooked pizza.



Pubs such as the Chimney House and Brewery Tap are still trading in the local area, but anyone travelling north out of town along Dyke Road will not find another bar until they reach the Dyke itself.

No one was available for comment from the former pub, which was owned by Martin Webb, who also runs the Connaught in Hove Street, Hove, and the Stoneham, near by in Portland Road.