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An early 18th Century listed building, formerly the coach house of the hotel next door. The Oak is one of Oswestry’s many free houses. This relaxed, unspoilt pub is situated close to the town centre opposite the parish church of St Oswald. There is a small public bar/games room at the front and behind is a much larger and comfortable lounge with two screens for sports events. Note the interesting listing of old Oswestry pubs on the wall. The lounge may be accessed via the public bar or via the passage that runs down the side of the pub. The passage also leads to the garden to the rear of the pub. Listed in CAMRA's "Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors". It was also listed in an early Good Beer Guide in 1975. Entries were very brief in those days, but here's what it said - "pleasant atmosphere". Apparently M&B Mild and Bitter were available together with "Bass/Worthington" Bitter.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: II
Most of what you see today in this early 19th-century pub is from a 1950s refurbishment. The small public bar, accessed from a porch front right, has a slatted wooden counter and period bar-back fittings, 1950s fireplace within an older inglenook and fixed seating. Back outside, a door in the left-hand wall labelled 'Gents Bar' on the passage side takes you into a quarry-tiled corridor with a partition to the servery and an off-sales hatch still with sliding door. The door at the end of this passage opens into the lounge, somewhat expanded in recent times - an advert on the wall shows the previous smaller version. 1950s features here include another slatted wood counter, similar bar-back fittings, brick fireplace and fixed seating. Note the sign 'Wrexham Lager Sold "On Draught" and Off the Ice'.
This early 19th-century pub had a significant refurbishment in the 1950s and is barely changed since. From a porch on the front right is the small public bar with slatted wood counter, 1950s bar-back fitting, 1950s fireplace in older larger inglenook fireplace with seats either side, and fixed seating. Down the left side of the pub a door with 'Gents Bar' on the passage side leads to a quarry tiled passage with partition to the servery and off sales hatch still with its sliding door (which did have a sign "Waiters Only" above it - still?). Door at the end of the passage leads to the lounge which has been expanded back in recent times - an advertisement on the wall shows the smaller version of the room (and that it has lost a number of 1950/60s chairs/stools). It has another slatted wood counter, same bar-back fitting, brick fireplace and fixed seating all from the 1950s. Note the sign "Wrexham lager sold 'on draught' and off the ice!"
This Pub serves 5 changing beers and 0 regular beers.
Oak Inn, Oswestry
Sports TV
Garden
Family Friendly
Dog Friendly
Games
Smoking
Wi Fi
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