Reopened in April 2022, this pub had had an ACV granted on the property. The local community worked to purchase the pub and, although it was sold privately, the ACV and the local campaign to save it were certainly testament to its viability as a pub.
Friendly local, 2 local/regional ales usually available. Home cooked food with meat in particular being sourced locally. Host to teams for darts, pool and skittles.
2021-05-20 The Earl Of Portsmouth Preservation Society (a subgroup of the Chawleigh Community Trust Ltd, a Community Benefit Society) campaigned to keep their village pub part of the community. They tried to raise funds by a community share scheme to purchase the pub, but by May 2021 they had abandoned this effort. See https://www.facebook.com/Earl-Of-Portsmouth-Preservation-Society-102145375011182/ and https://www.savetheearl.org.uk/.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 0 regular beers.
Earl Of Portsmouth, Chawleigh
Source: Regional