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Punch Hotel, Darwen


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25 Chapels, Darwen, BB3 0EE (View on Google Map)
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Friendly welcome and good conversation here. Happy hours are Mon-Fri 5-7pm. Up to two real ales from the local Hopstar brewery are on sale.

Historic Interest

This red-brick locals pub still retains five separate rooms and a lobby bar. The bar fittings date from about 1960 and little has changed since. 3 rooms have a pool table and another a small snooker table. Even the gents' toilets retain the original urinals.

Information for this venue is provided by the East Lancashire Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Blackburn with Darwen (B)
Last updated
16/07/2019
Last surveyed
22/10/2014
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
LAE/120
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

A Victorian red-brick locals’ pub which, remarkably, still has five separate rooms plus a lobby bar. The tiling in the entrance lobby has been painted over: beneath the carpet is a mosaic with the name of the pub. A refit during the 1960s resulted in much Formica adorning bar counters and bar-backs and loss of some fireplaces but nothing much has changed since then. Original features include the terrazzo floors in the entrance and lobby bar, a parquet floor in the 'Dog House' and fixed seating in several rooms. The room at the back, with its old wall cupboards, was formerly in domestic use. Three rooms have pool tables and another a small snooker table. The gents' toilets retain the original three big urinals.

General information about historic pub interiors

Mid 19th century red brick pub which remarkably still has a five small rooms and lobby bar layout but does have fittings from a refit of around 1960 with few changes since. The entrance lobby has a terrazzo floor and tiling on the walls painted over in cream. Through the inner door with leaded lights the lobby has a terrazzo floor with 'Punch Bowl' mosaic under the carpet. The Darts Room on the front left with the figure '6' on the door has a 1960s Formica bar front and top, old fixed seating but has lost its fireplace. Through another door to the lobby bar with a 1960s bar counter front and top, 1960s bar back fitting with some Formica shelves.

The front right larger room called 'Chapels Lounge' has a door, fixed seating all around the room, pool table but has lost its fireplace and has a hole cut in the wall to the lobby 'for supervision'. Next on the right is a room called the 'Dog House' with the figure '2' on the doorway and has a parquet floor, wood backed fixed seating all around the room apart from a small piece lost for a pool table, but has lost its fireplace. On the left past the servery is the Snug, a small room with two archways which has more old fixed seating, a 1960s small counter with a Formica front and top. A room at the rear has been brought into use from domestic and still has old wall cupboards and now has a small snooker table. The ladies has inter-war tiles to picture frame height. Outside gents now covered over has three big urinals and inter-war dado tiling.

General information about historic pub interiors
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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Garden Garden
Picnic area in adjacent car park
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Games Games
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub Real Heritage Pub
LocAle LocAle
Hopstar
Transport
Nearby Station (650m)
Darwen

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