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This three roomed, stone built pub, once a farmhouse, has been added to the CAMRA National Inventory of historic pub interiors. The public bar has a stone fireplace, a fine curved settle, and the name of the pub spelt out in horse brasses. A small games room is to one side. The lounge is smartly furnished, in a timeless mix of settees, chairs and tables, plus a piano, grandfather clock and woodburner. Run by the same family for 100 years. Two keg beers are offered. May close early lunchtimes and evenings if not busy.

Information for this venue is provided by the Herefordshire Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
County of Herefordshire
Last updated
06/06/2024
Last surveyed
05/05/2024
Pub ID
HFD/2475
Asset of Community Value

Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance

Listed status: Not listed

Modest and beautifully kept, this country pub still has a smallholding attached and has been in the hands of the same family since 1911. The interior, little altered since before the Second World War, comprises three rooms. The public bar has a fine, curved, high-backed settle (which predates 1911) beside the fireplace and simple dado panelling. Beneath the window, a bench is equipped for the local version of quoits - four quoits a go, five points for the pin, two for the inner ring and one for the outer (but they must land white side up). Right is a small darts room with a Victorian tiled fireplace, corner bench and hatch. The lounge on the left was added to the public rooms just before the war and feels like a domestic sitting room. The pub is open 11.30 (12 Sunday) to 14.45 and 19.00 to 23.00.

General information about historic pub interiors

A 400-year-old building with a farmhouse pub. It has been in the same family ownership since 1911 when the present landlady's grandfather took over. The centenary was celebrated on 11 April 2011 with events, special beermats and also a commemorative bottled beer by Hereford Brewery. The interior is little changed since before WWII and consists of three rooms.

The small public bar has a small counter where the frontage is a continuation of the tongue and groove dado panelling and there is also a hatch to the right. The bar-back consists of old shelves and includes two tiny drawers, one of which is a very traditional till. There is a splendid curved high backed settle around the fireplace, which could date from just before WWII. there is some bare bench window seating around the local pub game of quoits - note the ancient wooden score board on the wall. On the right is the small darts room with a Victorian tiled fireplace, lovely corner bench and its own hatch.

On the left is the lounge with a figure '6' on the back of the door. It was added to the public rooms just before WWII and has the feel of a domestic sitting room of a country house. Previously it was a kitchen and the brewhouse and water was drawn from a well directly below. The present fireplace replaced the old range fireplace of the former kitchen. The bar fittings appear to date from post-war rather than pre-war with a ply panelled counter front and the mirrored bar back fitting has some Formica as well as wooden shelves. A curtain covers the entrance to the servery for staff and on display are various items of breweriana including a Watneys Red Barrel. The splendid grandfather clock by G Rocke of Kidderminster was a wedding present for the landlady's great great grandmother in the 1980's.

Please note the opening hours are only 11.30 (12 Sunday) to 14.45 and 19.00 to 23.00.

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Opening
Monday
Noon - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
Noon - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 2:30pm & 6:30pm - 11:00pm
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