Snug in the future: Celebrating Yorkshire's most traditional pubs (VIDEO)

The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) on the recommendation of English Heritage yesterday tried to turn the clock back by listing five public houses in Yorkshire either built or remodelled between 1919 and 1938.

The pubs are: The Swan, Bishopgate, York; The Golden Ball, Cromwell Road, York; The Coach and Horses, High Green, Barnburgh, Doncaster; The Beech, Tong Road, Leeds, and The Three Pigeons, Sun Fold, Halifax.

Additionally, the Edwardian era Garden Gate public house, Whitfield Place, Leeds, has been upgraded from Grade II to a Grade II* building. Heritage Protection Team Leader Nick Bridgland said: "We were initially approached by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) and asked to review whether these pubs merited national listing.

"Generally speaking pubs built or remodelled during the inter war period are under-represented in terms of listing.

"They are often wrongly compared with Victorian and Edwardian pubs which are sometimes more ornate and showy. These later pubs reflect the change in British society towards more suburban life, with the pubs being less flashy, but featuring comfortable lounges.

"These days finding a pub with its rooms intact and with largely unaltered interiors is becoming quite rare so we are pleased that the DCMS has accepted our recommendation.

"Listing doesn't mean that nothing can be altered...but it does provide added protection from unsympathetic changes."

Yorkshire and the Humber has 717 listed public houses, comprising two at grade I, 19 at grade II* and a further 696 at grade II.