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Traditional English pub with a good selection of national and local ales and offering a selection of 8 craft lines. Wooden floored throughout, the single L shaped room is divided into a number a separate drinking areas, some on different levels. Upstairs is a function room that is available for private hire. The pub has a number of photos of old Nottingham adorning the walls. Refurbished February 2020.

Historic Interest

The Castle is a Grade II listed building (No. 1246812), part of the same listing as Fothergills, and is located in Nottingham City Council's Castle Conservation Area.

"Public house, cafe, shops and offices. 1883. By Watson Fothergill. Altered late C20. Red brick, with ashlar and blue brick dressings and gabled and hipped plain tile roofs. Various stylized stacks. Domestic Revival style. EXTERIOR: 2 and 3 storeys plus attics; 14 x 5 windows. Windows are mainly wooden framed cross casements with segmental heads. In the centre, 2 blocks, 2:2:3 windows, with a staggered roofline and prominent ridge, gable and front wall stacks. To left, a hipped dormer. Below, a double doorway with tiled canopy, flanked by 3-light windows. To right, a late C20 shopfront with French windows. At each end, a facing gable, the higher left gable with a timber-framed oriel window on the first floor. Right gable has 2 first floor windows, and single windows above and below. Beyond, to right, a rounded corner with 2 windows under a parapet, and above, set back, a short round turret with a hipped dormer window and a conical roof. Below, an original shopfront with cross mullioned window and cast-iron columns. Public house, at the left corner, has an angled corner entrance bay, flanked on each return by a cross mullioned shop window. Above, a timber-framed oriel window on wooden arch brackets. To right, a square tower, 4 stages, with 2 large side wall stacks, and a hipped roof topped with a weather vane. On the ground floor, a pointed arched doorway. Left return, to Houndsgate, has regular fenestration and a projecting side wall stack. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 236; Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: Watson Fothergill, Architect: Nottingham: 1987-: 8)."(Historic England).

[Nottingham City council; Radford & Park Ward / Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency]

Information for this venue is provided by the Nottingham Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Fletcher & Firkin
Local Authority
City of Nottingham (B)
Last updated
30/03/2023
Last surveyed
10/01/2015
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Ever So Sensible
Pub ID
NOT/33
Asset of Community Value
Monday
Noon - 10:30pm
Tuesday
Noon - 10:30pm
Wednesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - 11:30pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:30pm
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm
Monday
Noon - 9:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 9:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 9:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 9:00pm
Friday
Noon - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 9:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 8:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 4 changing beers and 0 regular beers.

Source: Regional


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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Live Music Live Music
Every Wednesday
Garden Garden
front patio
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Events Events
Various, see website for details
Function Room Function Room
Newspapers Newspapers
Restaurant Restaurant
upstairs
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
LocAle LocAle
Cask Marque Cask Marque
Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
various
Close to metro (300m)
Old Market Square
Directions
opposite Nottingham Castle Gatehouse

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