Lamb, Marlborough

Old coaching inn where a plan on the wall dating from 1905, when the pub was purchased by Wadworths, shows a bar at the front, living room behind with a tap room on the other side of the coaching arch where the toilets are now situated. The front bar has a parquet floor, old, possibly inter-war, counter, and a fine bar-back fitting possibly dating from the early 20th century (i.e. just after Wadworths purchased the pub). It consists of shelves held up by slender columns on a mirrored back. Under the shelving are a stillage of wooden casks dispensing Wadworths 6X and Henrys IPA cooled by in-cask probes. This is one of only a handful of pubs where you can still witness 'beer being drawn from the wood', as few breweries still use wooden casks. The room has some old, possibly early 20th-century benches and a scrubbed table. gaps either side of a modern open brick fireplace lead to another room with similar inter-war counter and another fine mirrored bar back with shelves held up by slender pillars. The fixed seating here looks to be from Victorian times but re-upholstered. A doorway leads to a small rear room with another inter-war counter and more modern fireplace. Much modernisation overall with bare brick walls, opening out, counter canopy etc etc.