These photos show how a Harborough pub that was destroyed by a fire is back and better than ever

The pictures show a glimpse of the new-look pub before it reopens on Monday (September 28)

By Photos by Andrew Carpenter

Published 25th Sep 2020, 12:50 BST

Updated 25th Sep 2020, 13:01 BST

A Market Harborough pub that was destroyed by a fire is back and better than ever - just over a year after the blaze.

The fire, ignited by an electrical fault, was fought by over 40 firefighters as flames tore through the Roebuck on Friday, September 6, 2019.

The owners of the Roebuck on Rockingham Road vowed to rebuild it 'bigger and better' than before.

And the Harborough Mail's photographer Andrew Carpenter was given a special preview of how the new-look pub looks now.

Here are his photos of the pub before its reopening on Monday (September 28).

1. The return of the Roebuck pub

Inside the new-look Roebuck pub. Photo: ANDREW CARPENTER

The Roebuck pub just after the fire in September 2019. Photo: ANDREW CARPENTER

How the site looked just after the fire when the bulldozers cleared the site. Photo: ANDREW CARPENTER

Lynsey Pratt, general manager at the Roebuck pub in Market Harborough. Photo: ANDREW CARPENTER