Dixies Arms, Lower Bagthorpe

Is an excellent boozer, and must have been brilliant before its makeover. Retains much of its structure, but has probably had too much of the “corporate rustic” treatment for the RI. Central corridor to a small servery (probably a rebuild) with lobby area at the front; a tiny bar-snug with benches to the right of the servery; a larger snug with no fixed furniture off the passage to the right; on the left is a good narrow bar with a fine set of old benches all round; red and black tiled floors. Locals say no alterations for at least 40 years, but I doubt it. JMT The servery was doubled to its present size 30/40 years ago. The area to the right of the servery was a separate room until 30 odd years ago. The left hand room must have been two rooms sometime in the past but may have been like this for 50+ years. A lot of the panelling in this room has been added in recent years. I suspect the front right room was only accessed from the disused door off the corridor and some wall was removed as part of the make-over.