Another prominent pub in Bradford city centre has closed because the tenant “couldn’t make it work”.

The windows of the Lord Clarke pub in Market Street, opposite Centenary Square, were being boarded up by workmen yesterday.

The pub had been sub-let by Mitchells and Butlers, the Birmingham-based operator of managed pubs.

The property is now being marketed by Manchester-based commercial property consultants Jeremy Rubin & Co. Jeremy Rubin, owner of the company, said: “The original tenant sub-let it to a tenant and they couldn’t make it work, so we’re marketing the property on behalf of the original tenant with the intention of it continuing to be a pub.”

Mr Rubin said the location could prove appealing to potential new tenants.

He said: “I think it’s a very interesting site, right in the centre of the city. There has been quite a bit of interest.”

The closure adds to a growing list of boarded-up pubs in the city centre.

The adjoining property in Market Street, the former Old Bank pub, has stood empty since the end of last year. Its owner, Admiral Taverns, has been trying to attract a new licensee.

David Haigh, honorary president of the Bradford Inner City Licensees Asso-ciation, said: “I’m not surprised the Lord Clarke has closed because it has been struggling and that corner of Bradford is just dead.

“It took over a lot of the customers who had been thrown out of other pubs and a lot of decent people had stopped going in.

“It’s a sad state of affairs but Bradford has had it as far as bars go.”

Mr Haigh said the West End of the city centre had also seen pubs and clubs close.