New lease of life for vacant pub as boss bids to put it back on the map

Work is under way on transforming a well-known city centre building to make it a thriving pub once more.

- by Katy Wheeler

Most recently operating as Bobby's, the bar in Low Row has had a number of guises over the years, including Establishment, but is probably best known for its time as Baroque.

Now, the bar has been bought by Theatre Leisure Ltd who are transforming it into The Vaultyard.

It's the fourth acquisition for the team in this stretch of pubs, after the success of The Rabbit and Street Bar, which is reopening on May 9 after a major flood, as well as its upstairs champagne bar, Victoria's Loft.

City businessman Lee Robson, director at Theatre Leisure, said he's long had his eye on the pub, which closed as Bobby's last year, and has bought the site with a view to putting it back on the map.