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Operator: Valiant
High Street, Much Wenlock, TF13 6AQ (View on Google Map)
  • Historic Interior

17th Century Coaching Inn. Local landmark it stands at the junction of the Telford road meeting the Bridgnorth-Shrewsbury road. Has a number of different rooms catering for all types of customers. It also has a beautiful walled garden and terrace.

This hotel has re-opened following internal refurbishment, which has not changed the attractive nature of the building, but enhanced the decoration and furnishings. There is a new menu, including breakfasts, which are also available for take-away. Exterior work is planned for September 2025, and it is hoped that this will not mean another temporary closure

Information for this venue is provided by the Telford & East Shropshire Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Shropshire
Last updated
01/08/2025
Last surveyed
03/04/2025
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Valiant
Pub ID
TEL/227
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: II*

Built in the Regency period, the hotel sits on the stone foundations of the erstwhile Rindleford Hall. W. Butler & Co of Wolverhampton carried out a full renovation after buying it in 1960 and the bar fittings survive virtually unchanged. The small back public bar has an old painted dado, wood-panel counter with metal studs and inlaid Formica top, old bar back with glass shelving and a carved wood fireplace - but some fixed seating has recently been lost. The front lounge is in two parts each side of a back-to-back fireplace, the left-hand section having a counter with three large highly polished brass panels that look like mirrors and a bar back similar to that in the public. A split door in the passage between the bars bears the words 'Garden Service', being opposite a tiled passage to the garden. The reception opposite the car park entrance has a quarter circle counter of the same design as the one in the public bar. A dining room front left is served from a hatch.

General information about historic pub interiors

Regency built hotel of red brick on the site of Rindleford Hall of which the stone foundations remain. It was bought by W Butler & Co. of Wolverhampton in 1960 who carried out a full renovation and remarkably the bar fittings have been retained virtually unchanged. The small back bar has an old dado painted dark brown, a bar counter of wood panels with metal studs and an inlaid top of brown Formica, a bar-back fitting with a number of glass shelves, a good carved wood fireplace which may date from 1960, but some fixed seating was removed in recent years.

The front lounge bar is in two parts either side of a back-to-back stone fireplace. The left-hand part has a distinctive bar counter front with three large highly polished brass panels that look like mirrors, brass strips at the bottom and a top with inlaid Formica. There is a bar back fitting similar to the public bar one with inlaid Formica main shelf. The passage between the two bars has a split door to the servery with the wording 'Garden Service' on the top part as it is situated opposite a red-tiled passage leading to the garden. The reception opposite the car park entrance has a quarter circle counter of the same design as the one in the public bar. There is a dining room on the front left that is served from a hatch on the left of the servery

General information about historic pub interiors
Monday
Noon - 10:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 10:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 10:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 10:00pm
Friday
Noon - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 10:00pm
Monday
8:00am - 11:00am & Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday
8:00am - 11:00am & Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday
8:00am - 11:00am & Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Thursday
8:00am - 11:00am & Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Friday
8:00am - 11:00am & Noon - 8:30pm
Saturday
8:00am - 11:00am & Noon - 8:30pm
Sunday
8:00am - 10:30am & Noon - 6:00pm

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Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 2 regular beers.

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Hobsons - Town Crier TasteMatch Prediction

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Hobsons - Town Crier
Hobsons - Town Crier Premium Golden Ale • 4.5% Spotted once.
Hobsons - Town Crier
Hobsons - Town Crier

This beer is served regularly and Spotted once. at Gaskell Arms Hotel, Much Wenlock.

ABV 4.5%
Dispense Handpump
Style Premium Golden Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Wainwright - Gold TasteMatch Prediction

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Wainwright - Gold
Wainwright - Gold Session Golden Ale • 4.1%
Wainwright - Gold
Wainwright - Gold

This beer is served regularly at Gaskell Arms Hotel, Much Wenlock.

ABV 4.1%
Dispense Handpump
Style Session Golden Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Accommodation Accommodation
14 en-suite rooms
Camping Camping
http://www.sytchecaravanandcamping.co.uk/ (1000m)
Games Games
Dominoes
Newspapers Newspapers
Real Fire Real Fire
Restaurant Restaurant
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Smoking Smoking
Garden only
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Real Cider Real Cider
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Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (20m)
436/7 & 8a

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