There was a barn on the land in the 1600s. The barn was re-thatched in 1745.
The present building was built in 1806. It was where the village fairs were held with the Green in front. Possibly the Globe was built for a permanent building for the fair days. It is on record as an inn in 1812.
In about 1896 the Parish Council decided to enforce its authority over the greens and roadside wastes by creating a Greens Committee. In 1898 they erected a notice board stating that permission had to be obtained from the Council for use of the greens. The landlord of the Globe Inn, Mr Pickard, was in the habit of allowing fairs and booths to use the green in front of his pub. He objected to the council’s board and removed it. The council duly removed the pub’s sign post and board. A court case was brought to prove that the land belonged to the public, represented by the Parish Council, and not owned by the Globe Inn. As the land was not included in the Title Deeds for the Globe Inn, the case was won by the council and secured the Green for public use. The landlord of the Globe was allowed to erect his signpost for 6d a year and permission had to be obtained from the Greens Committee for fairs and shows to be held.
- Photo taken from the Vicarage entrance in what is now Elm Road. Looking across the Green to the Globe Inn
- The Parish Council put up this notice on the village Green in about 1898. The Globe Inn tried to claim the green in front of the Inn but the land was proved to be part of the village Green and so belongs to the Town not the pub.
- The front of the Globe taken in about 1930
- In 1932 the names on the War Memorial which had been carved into the stone, were replaced by brass plaques which would last longer. This photo was taken soon after that looking across the Green past the Memorial to the Globe Inn. There is no wall around the Green at this time.
- A postcard sent in 1940 showing the Green with the pump, the War Memorial and the Globe Inn
- The Globe Inn in 1961 shortly before Reg Reynolds took over as landlord
- The Globe Inn on a postcard sent in 1962
- The Globe Inn in 1964. Thanks to the Reynolds family for this photo after the Inn had been improved by new landlord Reg Reynolds.
- The Globe Inn maybe 1970s?
- Photo taken by local historian Jack Anderson for his slide show about Stonehouse. Probably 1970s
- Globe Inn c1990s
- Globe Inn 2011