A pub in Great Yarmouth town centre that was built using rubble from the Second World War has been sold at auction for £130,000.

The Mariners Tavern in Howard Street South went under the hammer on Thursday, September 28, with live bidding ending 48 hours later. 

The venue was auctioned by Clive Emson Auctioneers with a guide price of £150,000 to £160,000.

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The pub opened in the 1830s and was closed for the duration of the Second World War before reopening in 1951.

The premises was then rebuilt in 1957 using rubble that remained after the war.

It has occasionally hosted beer festivals and has been a regular in the Good Beer Guide for the last few years.

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In 2010, the pub bagged the Norwich and Norfolk Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) branch pub of the year award.

Before the auction, Paul Bridgeman, regional director of Clive Emson Auctioneers, said: “The freehold property, arranged over two levels with a courtyard garden to the side, is in need of some improvement and may offer a great opportunity to run a town centre pub business."