Two Brewers, Windsor

Despite claims to be the oldest pub in Windsor etc., this looks more like a rebuild from the interwar period. However, a plan dated 1902 could indicate it was built earlier and then refitted in the interwar period. The 1902 plan shows the position of the exterior windows as now but has a totally different interior layout. The pub is situated near the Cambridge Gate to Windsor Great Park.

Step from the front door into a tiny lobby with a red tiled floor and intact off sales hatch with two rising windows, which is in use for those using the tables on the pavement outside.

Door on the right leads to ‘That Bar’, s small room with a bare wood floor; an interwar fielded bar counter; some bar back shelves that look old; a brick, stone and wood surround fireplace that looks 1930s work with a modern fire added; a decent mirror in wood surround above and old dado panelling.

Door on the left leads to ‘This Bar’ which has a bare wood floor, a canted bar counter of a style seen in the 1950s but might be interwar?; an old mirrored bar back which could well be 1930s work; a largish notable interwar brick fireplace; and old dado panelling.

A passage from the rear of ‘This Bar’ dog-legs to the right and a door on the rear right leads to ‘’Other Bar’, a small room with a parquet floor. It has old dado panelling, a brick, stone and wood surround fireplace that looks 1930s work with a modern fire added; a canted bar counter that looks of similar date (but might be 50s?); and there are only two tables. The ladies’ toilets are in the far right corner of this room. The gents’ are outside, but now covered over and have been brought up to date.

The walls of all three rooms are covered with framed photographs etc., also wine box timber added to the dado of some walls and wine corks elsewhere.

The only significant change to the interior is when the small section of wall between ‘That Bar’ (front right) and ‘Other Bar’ rear right was removed (date?) and was no doubt done to enable customers to walk between all the rooms. The gap is larger than doorway width – see second photo - but still leaves the two as rooms (not areas).

Owned by Hput A Limited (A Canadian Pension Fund says landlord), leased to Stonegate Group and run since 1996 by Robert Gillespie (R.E.D Bars Limited).