sentences:  Originally it housed a club for mercantile interests and during the mid-19th century it was a haunt of local prostitutes.The retained wind vane  above the bar would let merchants know whether it was safe for their ships to negotiate the treacherous Avon Gorge, and the wall boards still contain the names of all the club's presidents, treasurers and secretaries.It is now a pub owned by Wetherspoons.