A BURNLEY pub is to be restored to its original layout in an ambitious four-month refurbishment.

The Tim Bobbin, in Padiham Road, closed earlier this month to allow builders to demolish a host of extensions dating back more than four decades.

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Brewery Samuel Smith, which owns the venue, hopes to boost trade by returning the pub to its original four room layout.

Burnley Council previously gave the scheme the go-ahead in both 2008 and 2011, but the redevelopment never materialised.

Fresh permission was granted last year and the brewery closed the pub on May 1, with a view to re-opening on September 18.

In a design statement, a Samuel Smith spokesman said: “The aim of the proposed refurbishment scheme is to return the building to more like its original form, removing the most recent extensions carried out in the last forty or so years.

“Rather than the large open spaces created in recent times, the building will be returned to four smaller rooms, with the central milling space occupied by the bar servery.

“Minimal work to the elevations is envisaged beyond that necessary consequent to the demolition of the recent extensions.”

The original basement beer store will also be reinstated for its original purpose, while internal staircases will also be adapted.

Construction firm Parkinson and Hartley already has staff on-site working on the refurbishment.

The former coach house named after the author of Lancashire dialect John Collier who used the pseudonym of Tim Bobbin.

Burnley Council planning officer, Cathy Ryder, said: “No objections to the scheme have been received although one resident has expressed concern about the existing problem of nuisance from the beer garden.

“The public house is an existing facility and it is unlikely that the changes will give rise to noise and disturbance for neighbouring occupiers over and above the existing situation.

“The proposal will help to enhance the appearance of the building as well as the facilities of the public house.

“Circumstances have not changed since the proposal was granted planning permission in 2008 and 2011.”