Town Arms, Selkirk

UPDATE 2019.

Old bar fitting replaced with new - now not of inventory quality.

A small town centre pub with a local's stand-up public bar. The U-shaped bar counter is in relative terms large compared to the space for the customers. In order to create more room, the counter was cut back in 2006 by some 40 cm (16 in), although this is not obvious as the floor was replaced at the same time, and modern shelving took the place of the modest gantry. Erected in 1876 with a distinctive, gabled frontage, the building became a pub in 1905. The former public meeting room, defined by an area with a cornice containing Scottish thistles, was expanded to the right by the absorption of a passage. The public bar has four large advertising mirrors; two for Dryborough's and one each for Jeffrey's IPA and Bertram's Scotch Whisky. The wall-panelling was replaced c.1985. A former snug at the back on the left is now a darts room. The upstairs room has modern fittings. Note the rare metal fly-screens (advertising Drybrough ales) in the front windows.