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Fiddichside Inn, Craigellachie

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A classic, unspoilt pub, originally built as accommodation for railway workers. No frills in this pub, run by Joe Brandie for many years until his death aged 88 when the pub closed 24th September 2017. Joe won a Gordon & MacPhail Licensed Trade Diamond Achievement Award in 2012.

The pub has now been bought and reopened after lockdown restrictions. The cottage is available to let.

A log fire warms you up on cold days and on sunny days you can sit in the garden overlooking the River Fiddich, which flows along at the bottom of the garden.

No Real Ale but there are bottles of Cairngorm Trade Winds and others from this brewery available at a reasonable price.

No CAMRA visit has taken place yet so these details may require updating depending on what the new owners are going to stock.

Historic Interest

On National Inventory

Information for this venue is provided by the Aberdeen Grampian & N Isles Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Moray
Last updated
25/10/2021
Last surveyed
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
ABE/436
Asset of Community Value

Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance

Listed status: C

UPDATE 2020.

A refurbishment has recently been carried out which requires a re-assessment.

Please note - the photos are therefore out of date and the description is one written before the recent changes.


A marvellous rural survival; a tiny bar at the end of a cottage in a beautiful spot by a bridge over the River Fiddich. The pub has been in the owner's family for 88 years. The public bar measures about 10 ft. x 15 ft. with a panelled original counter running down the length of the room and leaving only half of the space for customers. There is not enough room for any tables, only bar stools and a couple of benches. The back gantry is a simple three-bay affair and there is half-height wooden panelling on the walls. Opposite the counter is a coal fire and there are antique William Younger's and Robert Younger's IPA mirrors. That's it - no carpets, no food, no fruit machines, no piped music, no TV, no children - absolute heaven for lovers of unspoilt pubs.

 

General information about historic pub interiors

UPDATE 2020.

A refurbishment has recently been carried out which requires a re-assessment.

Please note - the photos are therefore out of date and the description is one written before the recent changes.


A marvellous rural survival, picturesquely sited by the Bridge of Fiddich. The building dates from 1842 and has been in the hands of the present family since November 1919. The tiny bar is at the end of a cottage and measures a mere 10 ft. x 15 ft. It has a panelled counter running down the length of the room and a gantry which was made by the local carpentry works of A. & R. Dunbar of Popine Mills. The servery takes up almost half the room and there is only space for some bar stools and a few plain benches.

The record number of people in the pub is said to be 40, achieved one Christmas Day – some way to go to rival the Nutshell in Bury St Edmunds, but at least some of the throng were playing the bagpipes. Behind the bar is a simple gantry with turned shafts and the walls have half-height panelling. There are also mirrors advertising William Younger’s and Robert Younger’s IPA. Listed in 2008 as a result of survey work by CAMRA.

 

General information about historic pub interiors
Monday
5:30pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
5:30pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
5:30pm - 9:00pm
Friday
4:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturday
12:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday
12:30pm - 8:30pm

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