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A fact from Silver Cross Tavern appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 January 2014, and was viewed approximately 193,200 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Silver Cross Tavern (pictured) is the United Kingdom's only legal brothel?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Silver Cross Tavern.

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Ghost?

The Taylor Walker page says it's haunted. Surely this is worth including. Yngvadottir (talk) 00:13, 29 January 2014 (UTC).[reply]

I doubt this very much, it is a most non-descript set of buildings and has little in the way of colour and was not really a success as a pub because too small, compared to the Witherspoons opposite or the Clarence a little further along the street. It has expanded because of the tourist footfall in the vicinity. By including the adjacent Licensed restaurant at 33-35 the pub operator was able to expand the premises without having to go through a separate Licence application. Tony S 88.108.227.177 (talk) 01:10, 29 January 2014 (UTC) 88.108.227.177 (talk) 01:10, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing/awkward phrasing in lede

Regarding:

The building had been an establishment at that location since the thirteenth century.

Might this be better phrased? I think it's trying to say, 'buildings containing some form of establishment have existed at the current location since the thirteenth century'. Or is it actually true that the current building itself dates to the thirteenth century? Regardless, the present phrasing seems awkward and ambiguous to me.
A fellow editor, --75.188.199.98 (talk) 20:46, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]