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Located in a narrow secluded country lane, this Grade II listed Kentish red-brick and tile-hung cottage comprises an entrance lobby and two separate bars. The public bar features a Victorian wood-panelled counter, parquet flooring and an imposing inglenook fireplace. The quiet parlour bar houses a chaise-longue. Up to six beers are dispensed by gravity, some from genuine wooden casks, from the tap room, always including at least one bitter, a golden ale and a dark beer from an impressive range of breweries. Ciders can include a local one also in a wooden cask. Regular meeting place for Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood (SPBW). Parking available on small forecourt. Opening hours are subject to variation depending on custom. Spirit drinkers might like to try rum and Shrub.
CAMRA local branch Cider Pub of the Year 2024. CAMRA Kent Regional Cider Pub of the Year 2024.
Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance
Listed status: II
A wonderful but hard-to-find country pub (the signage long gone) that was extended to its present size as long ago as 1888.
The Old House probably started as a couple of 17th-century cottages which were pressed into service as a beerhouse in the mid 19th century. A full licence was only acquired in 1953. The post-extension work lies to the right as told by the change in the lower walling between the two windows left of the entrance - likewise, the difference in ceiling treatment within the main bar (boarded left, plastered and papered right). On entry you face a small off-sales compartment with its own small counter, and on the left is the main bar with its mightily impressive inglenook fireplace. The floor is of wood blocks and the counter has a tapering, wooden front. The date of these is hard to gauge and may be 20th-century rather than Victorian. There is also a right-hand room formed in 1888 and which is served through a hatch created, perhaps, in the 1970s. All beer and cider is fetched from the ground-floor cellar. The pub offers some 200 whiskies.
The Old House is a hard-to-find unspoilt pub with a simple two-bar interior. It is situated south of Ightham village - Redwell Lane runs between Ismays Road and Common Road. This brick and tile-hung building, partly seventeenth-century (left), partly nineteenth century (right) has no pub sign and the signboard on the right gable has faded beyond recognition! First licensed as a beerhouse in 1872 it didn't obtain a full licence until 1953. The entrance lobby has a parquet floor and a door leads into a tiny off-sales with a Victorian counter running across half of the rear section of the room with shelving left and right. The main bar is to the left has a beamed and boarded ceiling on the left and plainer one on the right, the latter being evidence of the pub being extended to the right in 1888. It has a panelled counter and bar back of shelves on a mirrored backing The huge brick inglenook fireplace was unveiled by the present owners - previously there was a Victorian tiled fireplace in front of it; it has a log fire and beamed ceiling. The parquet floor was exposed by removing the carpet in 2010. The dating of the fittings and floor is difficult and they may well date from the 20th century rather than having great age.
The right-hand room is known as the saloon. An opening was created (in the 1970s) between the lounge and the off-sales to create a service hatch (and a door alongside it was blocked up).
Beer and cider is fetched from the cellar. Some 200 whiskies are on offer.
May close early if no customers.
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This Pub serves 6 changing beers and 0 regular beers.
Old House, Ightham Common
range varies
Changing beers typically include: Goacher's (varies) , Larkins (varies) , Long Man (varies)
Source: Local
Garden
Parking
Dog Friendly
Camping
Games
Real Fire
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Real Cider
Real Heritage Pub
LocAle
Quiet
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