A former pub that had to shut after its expenses doubled has been sold. The confidential sale of The Wig and Gown in Dartford was recently completed by estate agents Fleurets. Former manager Yvonne Rickards previously told KentOnline how the pub was forced to shut at the end of 2022 due to rising costs and dropping visitor numbers. She said at the time that they’d “worked really hard at it” but it was costing “more and more”. She explained: “I don’t think it’ll ever open as a pub again unless someone has got a lot of money behind them.” Another of the pub’s partners added: “We just aren’t gett…