The Tumbledown Dick the building was both designated as locally listed as an Asset of Community Value and a "Building of Local Importance". However, following an appeal to Rushmoor Council by the Spirit Pub Company, the building's ACV designation was rescinded later in 2013. The Tumbledown Dick The Tumbledown Dick is a former public house on the site of a new McDonald's restaurant in Farnborough, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom, that operated from the 16th century until the early 21st century. The name of the pub originates as the satirical nickname given to Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell, after his abrupt fall
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