The Three Hulats

The Three Hulats is a pub in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, operated as part of the J D Wetherspoon chain. It stands at 13 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 3NB, and is listed on Wetherspoon's official pub directory. The pub is open daily from 8:00am, closing at midnight Sunday to Thursday and at 1:00am on Friday and Saturday. Its facilities include TV screens, a licensed outside area, room hire and meeting facilities, baby change, and step-free access. Customers can order food and drinks to their table through the Wetherspoon app. The name of the pub recalls Chapel Allerton's historic connection with the Savile family, Earls of Mexborough, whose coat of arms includes three hulats, or owls. According to Wetherspoon's own pub history, the site has a long history as a coaching inn and public house dating from the days when Chapel Allerton was still a village. It was originally known as The Bowling Green, and subsequently as The Hullats or The Three Hulats. When the old Bowling Green pub was pulled down in the early 20th century, it was renamed The Three Hulats, and later the Mexborough Arms, perpetuating the Savile family name. As a Wetherspoon house, The Three Hulats participates in the company's national programmes, including the twice-yearly real-ale festivals. Wetherspoon's autumn beer festival, for example, features a range of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, over a 12-day period in October, with brewers drawn from countries such as China, Denmark, Singapore, Ukraine and the USA. The pub also takes part in Wetherspoon's Christmas menu, which runs from mid-November to the end of December (excluding Christmas Day), and in the chain's spritz cocktail range and guest ale and craft can tasting notes. The Three Hulats is not a standalone business but a single licensed premises within J D Wetherspoon plc, the UK pub company founded by Tim Martin. Wetherspoon opened its first pub in 1979 in Muswell Hill, north London, and was floated on the Stock Exchange in 1992 as J D Wetherspoon plc. The chain is known for its large, often converted or historic premises, its focus on value pricing, its pioneering of non-smoking areas before the 2007 smoking ban, and its CBS (cleanliness, beer and service) inspection scheme. The Three Hulats fits this model as a community pub in a Leeds suburb, combining a historic local name with the standard Wetherspoon food, drink and facilities offer.

The Three Hulats occupies a site at 13 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, which Wetherspoon's own pub history describes as having a long history as a coaching inn and public house dating from the days when Chapel Allerton was still a village. The site was originally known as The Bowling Green. It subsequently became known as The Hullats or The Three Hulats, names associated with the Savile family, Earls of Mexborough. The Savile family bought Low Hall on Potternewton Lane and rebuilt it as Potternewton Hall, completed in the second half of the 17th century during the reign of King Charles II. It appears to have served as the family's holiday home, as their main seat was Mexborough Hall, situated between Rothwell and Castleford. The family's coat of arms includes three owls, or 'hulats', which gave the pub its name. When the old Bowling Green pub was pulled down in the early 20th century, it was renamed The Three Hulats, and subsequently the Mexborough Arms, perpetuating the Savile family name. The pub now operates as part of J D Wetherspoon. Wetherspoon's first pub opened on 9 December 1979 in Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, north London, having been purchased from an entrepreneur who had converted it from a bookmakers. For its first month it was called Martin's Free House, but was renamed Wetherspoons early in 1980. In the early years the company's pubs were all located in north London, with the head office above The Dog in Archway. In 1990 Wetherspoon's pubs hosted their first real-ale festival, lasting four days and featuring six beers; today each Wetherspoon pub is involved in the twice-yearly beer festival, offering up to 50 beers each, 10 of which are from overseas. In 1991 The Tally Ho in North Finchley, London, opened with a dedicated non-smoking bar upstairs, the first of many pioneering initiatives carried out before the smoking ban of July 2007. That same year the company started its CBS scheme, highlighting cleanliness, beer and service, and produced the first edition of Wetherspoon News. Hamilton Hall, at Liverpool Street station in London, opened as the company's first pub in central London and at a train station. In 1992 Wetherspoon opened its first two airport pubs, at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4, and the company was floated on the Stock Exchange, becoming J D Wetherspoon plc, with shares issued at £1.60. As a Wetherspoon house, The Three Hulats takes part in the chain's national calendar of promotions and festivals. These include the autumn beer festival, which features a range of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, over a 12-day period in October; the Christmas menu, available from mid-November until the end of December (excluding Christmas Day); the spritz cocktail range; and guest ale and craft can tasting notes. The pub's facilities include TV screens, a licensed outside area, room hire and meeting facilities, baby change, and step-free access, and customers can order food and drinks to their table via the Wetherspoon app.

• The site, then known as The Bowling Green, operates as a coaching inn and public house in the village of Chapel Allerton.

• The old Bowling Green pub is pulled down in the early 20th century and renamed The Three Hulats, later the Mexborough Arms.

• Wetherspoon's first pub opens on 9 December in Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, north London.

• Wetherspoon's pubs host their first real-ale festival, lasting four days and featuring six beers.

• The Tally Ho in North Finchley, London, opens with a dedicated non-smoking bar upstairs; the company starts its CBS scheme and produces the first Wetherspoon News.

• Wetherspoon opens its first two airport pubs at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 and is floated on the Stock Exchange as J D Wetherspoon plc, with shares issued at £1.60.

A value-focused community pub within the J D Wetherspoon national chain, occupying a site with a long coaching-inn and public-house history in Chapel Allerton, Leeds.

• Real ale and guest ales

• Craft cans

• Spritz cocktails

• Pub food and Christmas menu

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