In an unlikely location, owner Daryl Franklin has converted an unspoilt pub into an out of town dining experience but still retaining the character of a traditional County Durham pub. Built 1907 with good, original etched windows and a mosaic floor to the former entrance lobby. The 'Out Door Department' by the front door has been removed and the door moved to the entrance to the toilets. Opened-up to the left is the 'Select Room' with original fixed seating and fireplace. The public bar has original counter with a newer Formica top and an original fireplace with Adam decoration but the bar back was replaced in the mid-1990s.

In a refit in 2007 an old bar back from from Andy Thornton's in Elland was installed and a polished granite top added to the bar counter. The small lounge at the rear was massively expanded into a dining room and contains reproduction bar fittings (no bar fittings there in the past); but it does have an original c.1920s tiled fireplace (similar to that in the select room). Plainer fireplace in the public bar. Even though the gents have been modernised and extended they have left the two old massive Shanks urinals in place and its door has the 'Outdoor Department' etched window.