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Fox, Ysceifiog

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  • Historic Interior

Built around 1830, the Fox is situated in a peaceful village location with an unspoilt interior of four small rooms two of them for dining. Of particular interest is the bar with its unique sliding door and settles, and there is a children's playground outside. Booking is recommended for the popular Sunday lunches. Identified by CAMRA as having a nationally important historic interior, this is a rare classic.

Historic Interest

Early 19th century with four small rooms and relatively little altered since the 1930s, Grade II Listed. Historic Wales / Cadw reference 24671.

Information for this venue is provided by the Vale of Clwyd Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Sir y Fflint - Flintshire
Last updated
14/04/2025
Last surveyed
13/02/2024
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
CLN/286
Asset of Community Value

Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance

Listed status: II

This two-storey late-Georgian village pub with four small rooms is relatively little altered since the 1930s

 Beyond the entrance is a slate-floored drinking lobby with a tiny hatch in the leaded screen around the servery. A sliding door on the left leads to the most important room - the small, panelled front bar which is no doubt the oldest part of the pub. It has bare bench seating, some of it, remarkably, attached to the front of the counter. At the rear left, the dining room has a disused glazed, sliding hatch to the servery, and retains inter-war fixed seating. The rear right room caters for overspill dining. At the front right is a small games room with a cast-iron fireplace.

General information about historic pub interiors

This two-storey late Georgian village pub with four small rooms is a splendid survivor being little altered since the 1930s.

The slate-floored drinking lobby has a tiny hatch in the leaded screen around the servery, which would have also been the off-sales, and occasionally customers can be seen drinking here. A sliding door leads to the tiny front bar with an old counter, old panelling on the window side, a 1930s tiled fireplace with a coal fire and bare bench seating, including some attached to the front of the counter - something that may be unique in a pub anywhere. The intimate space means visitors are quickly drawn into conversation.

At the rear the lounge is served from a bar more like a hatch with its sliding window, now kept permanently open. This room retains fixed seating dating from the 1930s and a post-war fireplace. To the front right is the small snug with a cast-iron fireplace.

Look for the number of the doors, a requirement of H M Customs and Excise to denote all the rooms in a public house used for the storage or sale of alcohol. There is a '4' on the door to the lounge; a '5' on the door to the rear right room, which has been in use as a dining room in the past; and '6' on the cellar door. The Fox retains a disused, but rarely seen, cask pump - a way of serving beer direct from a cask with the added benefit of serving it with a good 'head' - if not visible just ask to see it.

General information about historic pub interiors
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Monday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Tuesday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Saturday
2:00pm - 11:00pm
Sunday
1:00pm - 11:00pm
Monday
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday
No Service
Thursday
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
1:00pm - 6:00pm

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Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 2 regular beers.

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Brains - Bitter TasteMatch Prediction

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Brains - Bitter
Brains - Bitter Session Bitter • 3.7% Spotted twice
Brains - Bitter
Brains - Bitter

This beer is served regularly and Spotted twice at Fox, Ysceifiog.

ABV 3.7%
Dispense Handpump
Style Session Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Cwrw Llyn - Porth Neigwl TasteMatch Prediction

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Cwrw Llyn - Porth Neigwl
Cwrw Llyn - Porth Neigwl Premium Pale Ale • 4.5%
Cwrw Llyn - Porth Neigwl
Cwrw Llyn - Porth Neigwl

This beer is served regularly at Fox, Ysceifiog.

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

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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Sunday only
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Not in the reataurant
Games Games
Real Fire Real Fire
Restaurant Restaurant
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Real Heritage Pub Real Heritage Pub
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Ordnance Survey Reference
Directions
signed from B5121

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