A BRADFORD city centre pub is to be re-opened by Bradford Brewery.

The company has taken over the Exchange Ale House, which has been empty for the past four years, on a lease from Trust Inns.

The Exchange, which is below the Wool Exchange in Market Street, had fallen into a state of disrepair and an extensive refurbishment is now being carried out.

While some new features have been added, many others including the vaulted brick barrel ceiling and flagstone floor, have been retained.

An opening date has not yet been revealed, but manager Berry Jagoda said Bradford Brewery hoped the pub would attract customers old and new.

She said: “We hope past patrons will be pleased with what’s been done and will come back and relive some of the heydays of the Exchange, along with new customers who will hopefully be giving it a try.

“The aim is to complement the other successful venues around us while endeavouring to be a bit different, so we can draw more people to this corner of town.

“We’ll offer coffee and breakfast with the morning papers and a warm welcome to everyone, not just beer drinkers – and we’ll have a few games around to help people relax and while away an hour or so.”

The pub also has plans for occasional music nights, a quiz and other events at the venue.

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Bradford Brewery will use the bar to showcase its Made of Bradford brand, selling a selection of keg and cask ales alongside hot food.

It will also sell Made of Bradford merchandise, with T-shirts available first. These can be ordered now to pick up later from the Exchange or Brew Factory bars.

As well as the brewery’s own draught beers and Bradford Lager, the Exchange will stock other draught keg lines, including Amstel.

It will offer a range of bottled beers, including Bradford Brewery’s Lager and Hockney Pale.

Since Bradford Brewery opened in February 2015 it has become a popular part of Bradford’s nightlife.

A “pop up” Made of Bradford bar and brewery shop was opened in The Broadway shopping centre for the first few months after its opening in November 2015.

The brewery also ran a Made of Bradford pop-up bar, which closed in January, in Ivegate.