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An outstanding pub serving eight to ten regional ales on gravity alongside many bottled beers and four real ciders. The inside is traditional with flagstone flooring, old solid wooden tables and benches and three real fires.
This basic but busy pub deserves its many accolades including:
South West Regional CAMRA Pub of the Year winner 2023. Its has also been in the Guide for over 30 years and gaining the ultimate award of National Pub of the Year in 1996.
Superb home-cooked food and a recent addition is accommodation provided in "The Hut". Somerset Branch Pub of Year 2023
Has three bars and a flagstone floor and is what a lot of folks think is an unspoilt pub but there has been a lot of change here. This isolated pub was run by Minnie Samford from 1917 to 1962. Up to 1968 there were two walls as you enter creating an off sales in front of you with a public bar on the left and on the right the landlady's parlour where the only invitees were the vicar and the tax man. Then in 1968 Courage opened up the pub and added a Formica top counter which was replaced by the existing counter in 1992. Note how the high backed settle has been moved - originally it was carefully placed to shield the log fire draughts and was attached to the ceiling by an iron rod. The rear room, originally a slaughterhouse, was created in 1992 and a bar counter added. Much info from former licensee Julian Litchfield. Certainly not enough old fittings remain to include but may be worth a mention in an introduction "How pubs in the West Country have changed".
Has three bars and a flagstone floor and is what a lot of folks think is an unspoilt pub but there has been a lot of change here. This isolated pub was run by Minnie Samford from 1917 to 1962. Up to 1968 there were two walls as you enter creating an off sales in front of you with a public bar on the left and on the right the landlady's parlour where the only invitees were the vicar and the tax man. Then in 1968 Courage opened up the pub and added a Formica top counter which was replaced by the existing counter in 1992. Note how the high backed settle has been moved - originally it was carefully placed to shield the log fire draughts and was attached to the ceiling by an iron rod. The rear room, originally a slaughterhouse, was created in 1992 and a bar counter added. Much info from former licensee Julian Litchfield. Certainly not enough old fittings remain to include but may be worth a mention in an introduction "How pubs in the West Country have changed".
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This Pub serves 6 changing beers and 3 regular beers.
Halfway House, Pitney
Changing beers typically include: Fine Tuned (varies) , Parkway (varies) , Quantock (varies)
Source: Regional
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Garden
Family Friendly
Parking
Dog Friendly
Accommodation
Newspapers
Real Fire
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Real Cider
LocAle
Beer Festival
Quiet
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