Picture: Hereford Times (Image: Hereford Times)The pub had been closed for three months while the works went on. Hereford Times (Image: Hereford Times)The new design of the pub saw "quite a splendid reorganisation" of the old inn, the Hereford Times reported at the time. Picture: Hereford Times (Image: Hereford Times)Mr Moss, who had retired from the Navy after Fleet Air Arm service in Borneo and The Falklands, said he was delighted with the new Nell Gwynne. "The new name fits perfectly with the new-style pub and honours Nell Gwynne, who was born in Hereford," he said. Picture: Hereford Times (Image: Hereford Times)The pub was owned by Herefordshire Pubs Ltd.