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116, Foregate Street, Chester, Chester, CH1 2HH
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116, Foregate Street, Chester, Chester, CH1 2HH
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This Pub is Closed Long Term
Traditional town centre pub, featured in CAMRA's Regional Inventory of Heritage Pubs. It is a rare survivor of Victorian pub design, especially in Ayrshire. Very much a rock music pub with bands on Friday nights. Home-made meals served until 3.30pm. It is almost directly opposite the railway station and close to the bus station. Stopped selling real ale November 2019. Closed suddenly June 2024.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
Very much a young persons’ rock music pub with bands on Friday nights, but still of historic interest behind the gaudy paint and dim lighting. Formerly the Fifty Waistcoats and originally the Railway Tavern, the pub was remodelled by Charles H Robinson in 1903, when a massive, oval-shaped bar counter with pilasters spaced regularly along it and a low, three-tier island gantry were installed. In 1980, the bar was reduced by 2.5 m (8 ft) on either side - a new floor makes it difficult to spot the extent of the bar originally but take a look at the island gantry and you can see how it is curved at the lower shelves level on the right but on the left hand side it finishes abruptly. The inner portion of the vestibule on the right hand side has been lost otherwise the room is largely intact with four cast-iron columns with florid Corinthian capitals supporting the beams for the upper floor. The rear snug and office are no longer in use. The large lounge upstairs was turned into a flat in the mid-1980s.
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Sports TV
Lunchtime Meals
Live Music
Family Friendly
Dog Friendly
Newspapers
Wi Fi
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Introduction This guide describes the 116 pubs identified by CAMRA as having interiors of national or regional historic or architectural importance, plus a further 24 whose interiors are of some regional interest. Scotland has over 4000 pubs so why do...
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