Old Crown, Kelston

Late 18th-century coaching inn retaining two historic bars and still using its cash register handpumps on a daily basis. Until January 2016 these were the only known working set in regular use when they were joined by a renovated set being installed in a micro-pub, The Freed Man, Walmer, Kent.

On the left is the lounge bar with a flagstone floor, old, possibly Victorian bar counter, the bar-back fitting is unusual as the cupboards forming the bottom section are actually the main access to the ground floor cellar and at less than three feet high are a health and safety matter says the manager. The top half of the bar back looks modern. There are small settles either side of the small old fireplace and there is a small leaded glass panel above the right-hand part of the seating. Off the lounge are small dining rooms to the rear left and right, brought into use in recent years.

Through a latch door and small passage to the right is the public bar with a flagstone floor, another old, possibly Victorian bar counter with the set of four cash register handpumps dispensing Butcombe Bitter and real cider. The small room has old Victorian bar back shelves, ancient range fireplace, old dado panelling, and fixed seating. Though a doorway to the right is another small flagstone floor (which was a mortuary at one time) with a small old fireplace, ancient wall cabinets, old dado panelling and an old bench. There are some fine settles throughout the pub. The car park is across the busy A431 road.