Crown Inn, Groombridge

Mid/late 17th century timber framed pub. In Victorian times the pub consisted of a panelled corridor and three rooms. The public bar on the left has a part brick, part wood floor, ancient brick inglenook fireplace with log fire. Note the PRHA plaque underneath it on the left which relates to the Public House Refreshment Association, a temperance organisation formed in 1896. The door to the public bar was originally what is now a window in a low doorway on the left of the entrance lobby. There was a partition that separated the left and right bar areas which was removed in 1980s. The door at the end of the lobby went into the original middle room which until the early 1980s had no bar. Inter-war dado panelling also on front/porch side walls - note the 1930s dado panelling on the walls continues behind the right hand new section of the counter.

The original third room on the right was accessed by the flight of stone steps on the main road (right hand side) of the pub - the door is no longer in use. The small room has old possibly inter-war (or older?) panelling, a 17th century moulded plaster cornice and there is a large old brick fireplace with an impressive fireback. The room on the rear right was brought into use in 1980s and dado fielded panelling added. The cottage next door on the left was purchased in 1980s and an additional small room created. The bar counter in the main bar looks like it is from the 1930s; the bar back shelves are mostly modern.