Star Inn, Alfriston

Professional dating of the oldest half-timbered parts of this fine building give a date of c.1490. The owner of the inn claims the public bar (situated in what was once the old inn kitchen) was last refurbished in the 1950s and has a half timbered bar counter (not distinguishable as 1950s work) is of old timbers over thin hardboard, the top could be 1950s and shelves which may well be from the 1950s. The fireplace is supposedly Tudor, constructed of the long thinner bricks of that period, half timbering on the walls and heavy beamed ceiling look genuine. There is a good old carved timber arch above the door into the bar and an old door for staff on the left of the servery with a flap and split door from the passage. Bench seating could be any date - possibly 15 years as mentioned by the owners? The opened-up lounge on the left was originally two separate rooms and at the front there is what appears to be an original flat arched Tudor fireplace and a fine 1950s (or 1930s) brick fireplace at the rear; there is lots of genuine beams, half timbered walls and standing timbers; the chairs and tables in the lounges are from c.1995 (done by Forte). Beyond this at the rear left is a separate Library Room with a stepped fireplace of indeterminate age and an entrance door in a glazed screen. Newer internal doors and corridor panelling are 1950s says DM.