Two-bar black and white village pub, popular with locals and team players. The unspoilt public bar is furnished in basic style and has an interesting alcove and separate games room with pool table. The lounge is more comfortably furnished, and, together with the separate restaurant, is used to serve fresh locally sourced home-made meals including Sunday roasts and Burger night on a Tuesday. Bed & Breakfast is available.
The public bar in the middle was revamped in the mid 1980s - the bar counter used to go across the end of the room. The flagstone floor was laid in the 1980s, there is a new quarter circle bar, new dado panelling; there is a tiny alcove at the end on the right with a bench attached to old panelling. At the rear right is a genuine old beamed section with a good old wood surround and stone fireplace. There is a passage down the middle rear of the pub and at the rear is an opened-up pool room with bench seating possibly from the 80s. On the right is a dining room with some half-timbering on the wall and a stone fireplace. There is a red quarry tiled passage into the pub between the dining room and public bar. There is a curious hatch at the left hand end of the cross passage which is the entrance to the servery for staff. There is a splendid lounge on the left with two high backed settles, a 1930s brick fireplace, beams, the bar counter could date from the 1960s (or earlier?) with two metal panels with a red lion in metal on them and some old bar back shelves.
The public bar in the middle was revamped in the mid 1980s - the bar counter used to go across the end of the room. The flagstone floor was laid in the 1980s, there is a new quarter circle bar, new dado panelling; there is a tiny alcove at the end on the right with a bench attached to old panelling. At the rear right is a genuine old beamed section with a good old wood surround and stone fireplace. There is a passage down the middle rear of the pub and at the rear is an opened-up pool room with bench seating possibly from the 80s. On the right is a dining room with some half-timbering on the wall and a stone fireplace. There is a red quarry tiled passage into the pub between the dining room and public bar. There is a curious hatch at the left hand end of the cross passage which is the entrance to the servery for staff. There is a splendid lounge on the left with two high backed settles, a 1930s brick fireplace, beams, the bar counter could date from the 1960s (or earlier?) with two metal panels with a red lion in metal on them and some old bar back shelves.
This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Red Lion, Madley
Source: Local