Pub history

Parsons’ Barn

This grade II listed building is in what was the ancient hamlet of North Shoebury. It was not until 1933 that North Shoebury and South Shoebury were officially united to form Shoeburyness and incoporated into the Borough of Southend. North Shoebury was still a rural area in 1980. Following much public debate, an ASDA ‘superstore’ was built in 1981. Two years later, the lone survivor of the old farm buildings was converted into a public house named Parsons Barn.