FEARS of fresh floods have forced the owners of an historic pub near York to sell the property to a developer. Mike and Helen Driscoll said the Cornmill, in Main Street, Stamford Bridge, which is almost 300 years old, would be converted into flats when it closes in a fortnight.
Mr Driscoll said the Environment Agency's decision to leave the pub, restaurant and live venue out of its proposed £1 million flood defence scheme for the village had led to the decision to quit.
He said: "We just don't want to be here when it gets flooded again.
"It's a shame for the live venue but one has to do what one has to do, and move on. We have enjoyed our time here - it is just a shame that the flooding has forced us to sell up."
An Environment Agency spokesman said officers had looked again at the plans for flood defences in Stamford Bridge.
But they had found it was not cost- effective to include the building in them. He said that works to flood- proof the historic five-storey building would be "extremely sensitive" and expensive.
Updated: 15:18 Wednesday, October 16, 2002
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