A tree causing damage to a pub will remain standing after experts said it still has more than five years of life left in it.

Standing outside the Coach and Horses pub at the Kinecroft a horse chestnut tree has been causing structural damage to the outside of the watering hole.

Fullers Brewery, owners of the pub, attended a meeting to discuss the future of the tree with Wallingford Town Council last month.

Expert surveys commissioned by the council dating back to 2022 confirmed that it is a highly-valued heritage tree that is in its final 5 to ten years of life.

It was also noted in the meeting that the pub had been extended since the tree was planted.

After Councillor Nigel Hughes and Councillor Stephen Holder proposed to tree should be retained, it was agreed that the tree would remain standing and not cut down.

It was said that the tree would be monitored regularly for health decline and more building damage with any further costly work taken into consideration.

Official documents say the council will work with Fullers Brewery on the removal of the tree "when the time is right".

Taking to social media, Councillor Steve Holder said: “I am delighted to update that the tree is staying and going live out its natural life."

However, the pub landlord has since told the Oxford Mail that the floorboards are starting to come up inside the pub.

The floorboards are set to be surveyed to determine in the next week to see if the roots of the tree are causing the issue.

The pub landlord, Charlie Kyriacou, said: “The tree surgeon came down to look at it and said it was dead. Then it wasn’t, then it is, then it wasn’t so it’s an ongoing situation.

“The latest is the tree is alive so the tree is not coming down now and we are playing it by ear and seeing how it goes.

“It’s frustrating for me. The floors have risen inside the pub which they are surveying next week and find out if it’s the roots of the tree or if it’s just general wear and tear and dampness.

“It will be expensive to fix as all the floorboards will need to come up and there’s concrete underneath.”

A spokesperson for Fuller, Smith & Turner, said: “The tree and the pub are unfortunately inextricably interlinked and we are working hard with the council to deal with the issues caused.

“It’s going to take some time, but we are working on the best long-term outcome for the tree and the neighbourhood.”