Carmichael's, Ballyeaston (Staffy's)

Basic village bar with two rooms where beer, lager and stout are only sold in bottles. Following the death of long-serving licensee, Staffy Carmichael, in 2009 it has limited opening hours. On the left is the small basic public bar with a high bar counter with rows of tiles at the top and the bottom. The delicate bar-back fitting, no doubt introduced from a domestic location, has marquetry, slender pillars holding up the shelves and cupboards. The upper part has a number of mirror panels with a small central cupboard and at the top is a broken pediment and a pair of attractive McConnell's glass whisky vats. There is a small tiled and wood surround fireplace that looks to date from inter-war times and a row of benches line the exterior walls.

Across the hallway is another small room which can be brought into use on a Saturday evening (normally very busy). It has a screeded floor, one wall has been covered in ply panels from the 1970s to cover damp patches and there is a small brick fireplace of a similar date. Two basic benches and a fine piece of furniture complete the picture.