The Old Green Tree

{{Short description|Public house in Bath, England}}

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The Old Green Tree is a public house on Green Street in Bath, Somerset, England. Grade II listed,{{Cite web |title=THE OLD GREEN TREE PUBLIC HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1396308 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1396308?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} the building dates to the 1716, and was extended to the rear in 1926. A beam across the ceiling in the main bar denotes the original back wall of the original building.{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Richard |date=2016-06-13 |title=Old Bath pub voted 'Pub of the Year! |url=https://bathnewseum.com/2016/06/13/old-bath-pub-voted-pub-of-the-year/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=BATH NEWSEUM |language=en-US}} It was refurbished by local architect W. A. Williams.{{Cite web |title=Old Green Tree, Bath |url=https://camra.org.uk/pubs/old-green-tree-bath-117055#:~:text=The%20building%20here%20is%2018th,but%20rare%20in%20the%20south. |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale |language=en}}

In June 1716, milliner John Cornish purchased part of a former bowling green in his construction of Green Street.

The interior doors each bear numbers which were used to identify the rooms for licensing purposes: the lounge is "1", the front bar is "2", the smoke room is "3" and the cellar door is "4".

The pub was a free house until 1928, when Lamb Brewery became the landlord. The pub's Green Tree Bitter is brewed locally by Blindman's Brewery.{{Cite news |last=Mawer |first=Fred |date=2018-11-12 |title=The 12 best pubs in Bath |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/somerset/bath/articles/best-pubs-in-bath/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} The leasehold and freehold owner is Wellington.

The pub was named UK City Pub of the Year by The Good Pub Guide in 2005 and 2008. The Daily Telegraph named it Somerset's Pub of the Year for 2024.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-11 |title=The best pub in Somerset in 2025 has been named |url=https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/24849401.somerset-telegraph-named-best-pub-2025/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Somerset County Gazette |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Driscoll |first=Alex |date=2025-01-12 |title=Somerset pub named the best and it's next to 'handsome' structure |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/best-pub-somerset-been-crowned-9856427 |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Somerset Live |language=en}}

Tim Bethune took over the lease in 2014.{{Cite web |last=Dunkel |first=Ellen |title=English pubs |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/inq/english-pubs-20150701.html |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en}}