Another sign of the decline of pubs as a focus of community life: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/former-spon-end-pub-sold-11750097

That one's been empty for a while now. A previous owner allegedly stripped out anything of value.

I've heard a couple of cases of that happening - furniture 'disappears' along with the pub's previous landlord, leaving the new leaseholder with the expense of having to get new stuff in.