“Like many beloved pubs across the country, we’ve faced increasing financial challenges that have made it difficult to continue operating,” they said.
The Abbot's Fireside in Elham, near Canterbury, has been in business since the reign of Henry VIII.
Pub owners have said the 15th-century watering hole will not reopen and plans to sell are in motion.
Over the past decade, the pub has changed hands several times and was put on the market in 2019 when its owners announced plans to retire.
An underground tunnel is said to run from the pub’s cellar to the village’s church and manor house.
