All it needed was few repairs. Surely there's a viable business there for someone? I think that Otley needs a really good gastro-pub. There's nowhere decent to eat at the moment...
The last couple of times I was in there - at Xmas and then again earlier this year - they simply didn't have any beer on tap. They claimed they were about to get some, but they never did.
No beer is indeed troublesome for a pub, but surely they could have found it somewhere? Not sure I agree there is nowhere decent to eat in Otley though. Lots of the pubs do great food!