Dun Cow, Durham

Early 18th century pub with mock timbering on the first floor. A passage runs down the left hand side of the pub from the front door to the rear and a sliding door leads into the small front bar with fittings dating back to the late 19th century. These include the fine Tudor Revival four sectioned bar-back, where the second one is access for staff to the rear lounge, and it has mirrored panels. There is also a Victorian panelled bar counter which has a top dating from 2005 and an old carved wood surround fireplace with Tudor shaped interior, that has been bricked up, which may well be early twentieth century. Other old fittings are the floor to ceiling wall panelling, a match-boarded ceiling, and a pair of baffles by the door but the benches attached to the walls are difficult to date.

Further down the passage is the door to the lounge in an older part of the building which is clearly an amalgamation of a couple of rooms. The ceiling nearest the servery has an old sectioned plasterwork ceiling with a decorative plaster frieze. The bar fittings here are all modern as is the fireplace and fixed seating. The gents toilets at the rear are still 'outside' but the ladies has a covered walkway. The pub boasts the highest sales of Castle Eden Ale (now brewed at Camerons) in the whole of the north east.