More than 200 years old, this classic country pub has a main bar with a central log fire, tiled floors, and scrubbed wooden tables. A separate restaurant was opened recently in the adjacent old bakery, and has an old oven as a focal point. The lovely garden has a stream, ducks and apple trees. The Gate Acoustic club meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month. The local mummers perform at Christmas. Boxing Day is always special, with mummers and morris dancers at lunchtime.
There were changes by Shepherd Neame in 1982. The bar was originally on the left of the room and moved to the rear of the room in what was the cellar, but does retain an old bar counter and old bar back with two drawers. The left hand snug was originally entered via the door on the left of the building - in 1982 a wide doorway was cut from the bar to the snug. The tiled floor looks 1982, the back to back brick fireplace between bar and snug with a log fire also looks 1982 and the panelled dado is probably as well. On the right down a passage is a couple of joined rooms - the rear was originally a bakery with the 18th century oven still in place and the front with its shop frontage was the bakers shop.
There were changes by Shepherd Neame in 1982. The bar was originally on the left of the room and moved to the rear of the room in what was the cellar, but does retain an old bar counter and old bar back with two drawers. The left hand snug was originally entered via the door on the left of the building - in 1982 a wide doorway was cut from the bar to the snug. The tiled floor looks 1982, the back to back brick fireplace between bar and snug with a log fire also looks 1982 and the panelled dado is probably as well. On the right down a passage is a couple of joined rooms - the rear was originally a bakery with the 18th century oven still in place and the front with its shop frontage was the bakers shop.
This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Gate Inn, Marshside
Source: Local