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Dating to the early 19th Century, this eccentrically designed inn has a nationally important historic pub interior because of the taproom at the rear with its wall-mounted hand pulls. Service can be obtained from the front bar,. There is also a family/games room with a TV. Behind the building is the former brew house (Sally Perrys) and the garden. Large cobs and pork pies are sold. The pub is on the main number 1 bus route from Dudley to Wolverhampton.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
At the rear left of this pub is a very special room, very likely fitted out in the 1920s. The ‘wood’ panelling is, in fact, imitation (like embossed wallpaper) and there are fixed benches together with some stained glass. The real points of interest, however, are the shelving, drawers and bank of four hand-pumps (with pewter drip-tray) set against the corridor wall and thus a now very rare arrangement of a servery without a counter (and still often used at weekends). The hatch with pewter ledge to the corridor would probably have been used as an off-sales and also by customers in the former second room (now in the area of the ladies’ toilet). The pub has had a very interesting development. It opened as a beerhouse about 1832. Then, after he purchased it in 1864, Henry Perry opened a butcher’s shop at the front and had his beerhouse at the rear. Beer was brewed in the buildings behind (until 1959). The Perry family kept the pub until 1991 and it is still sometimes known as ‘Sallies’ after the landlady from 1942. It was purchased by Batham’s brewery in 1997. Now customers have to be content with a roll and a pint rather than stocking up with a pound of sausages!
The interest here is one, very special room (left rear). The detailing suggests it may have been fitted up in the 1920s. What looks like wood panelling is in fact artificial - little more than wall paper with cross members and verticals being applied to it (and not uncommon in pubs where a cheap, quick-fix Tudor effect was required. There are fixed benches and some stained glass. But the real interest is the shelving, drawers and bank of four hand-pumps (with pewter drip tray) on the corridor wall - in other words a servery without a counter (still in use on Saturday nights). Such arrangements are very rare today (in the West Midlands, see also the Manor Arms, Rushall) but were probably not that uncommon in small, basic public houses. There is also a hatch with a pewter ledge to the corridor and which would have been used both for off-sales and customers in the second room which has now been taken up by the ladies' toilet. The rest of the pub was not in public use; the present servery area at the front was a butcher's shop (outside door on left: there would have been a solid wall between it and the pub corridor), and were installed by Bathams who took over in 1997. The building dates from 1780 and became a pub around 1832. The Perry family owned it for many years and brewed until 1959. Also known as 'Sallie's', after the landlady from 1942 to 1991. The former small brewery at the back is now inactive.
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This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Britannia, Upper Gornal
Garden
Family Friendly
Dog Friendly
Games
Real Fire
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub
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