The landlord of this timeless classic roadside inn has been in charge for 54 years. At a crossroads near Priddy, the highest village in Somerset, it is popular with cavers and walkers. Three rooms include one with a flagged floor and all beer is served direct from casks behind the bar. Local cider is served and the simple home-cooked food is excellent and exceptional value. A folk musicians' drop-in session is held on Tuesday evening in the back room. The garden is pleasant and secluded. Mobile phones are not welcome (no signal anyway!) but dogs are. Cash payment only - no cards.
Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance
Listed status: Not listed
A farmhouse from around 1780, still with 26 acres of land attached, and in the same family ownership for 102 years, with licensee Roger Dors here since 1946. Situated at a crossroads east of the village, nothing has changed at the pub since 1964. Originally, a passage ran from the front door to the rear with a public bar front left, a lounge front right and, rear left, a room with a bar counter across the gap between the two rooms. A hatch for off-sales was then added, quarter-circle counters were introduced and the rear-right room, formerly private quarters, was brought into use. The front-left public bar has a flagstone floor, a classic 1950s tiled fireplace, a quarter circle bar counter and dado panelling with bare bench seating attached. At the back, across the gap where the original counter was situated, is another small room with a flagstone floor, another 1964 counter, and a settle under an old inglenook. The lounge on the right has a quarter-circle panelled counter, a small stove and a wood surround fireplace from the 1960s. The bare seating and bar-back shelving situated either side of the off-sales hatch were added in 1964. Rear right is another bar with a terrazzo tiled floor, a 1960s curved counter, and dado panelling with bare bench seating attached.
Farmhouse pub dating from c.1780 still with 26 acres of land attached. It has been in the same family ownership for 102 years and sells beers served straight from casks on stillage behind the bar. Prior to 1964 a passage ran from the front door to the rear with a public bar on the front left, a lounge on the front right and on the rear left was a room with a bar counter across the gap between the two rooms i.e. you could drink behind the servery with a stillage where the settle is now situated. Then in 1964 a hatch for off-sales was added; quarter circle bars counters added; the rear right room, formerly private quarters, was brought into use; and new toilets created in the former cart shed on the right, which you have to 'go outside' to access.
The front left public bar has a flagstone floor, a classic 1950s tiled fireplace, a quarter circle 1960s bar counter, dado panelling with bare bench seating attached. At the rear across the gap where the original counter was situated is another small room with a flagstone floor, another 1960s counter, and a settle under an old inglenook. The lounge on the right has a 1960s quarter circle panelled bar counter, a small stove and a wood surround fireplace from the 1960s. The bare seating and bar back shelving situated either side of the off sales hatch was added in 1964. On the rear right is another bar with a terrazzo tiled floor, a 1960s curved counter, and dado panelling with bare bench seating attached.
This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.
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