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Star Inn, St Just


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1 Fore Street, St Just, TR19 7LL (View on Google Map)
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St. Just's oldest inn, built of granite with a slate roof, and reputedly the lodging of John Wesley. The beamed and atmospheric main bar is full of interest, depicting a long association with tin mining and the sea. Flags of the Celtic nations adorn the beamed ceilings, and pictures with a mining theme the walls. Floors are variously slate-flagged or bitumen covered. Traditional pub games thrive here. A cosy snuggery has been opened out to provide a family area. The beer range may vary according to the time of year with an extra brew or two from St Austell appearing seasonally; when available, the pub will also offer St Austell's Small Batch brews. In this drinkers' pub, most of the entertainment is essentially conversation - the locals are always ready to spin a yarn or two!

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Previous Names
Local Authority
Cornwall
Last updated
25/02/2025
Last surveyed
14/02/2025
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
St Austell Brewery
Pub ID
COR/548
Asset of Community Value

Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest

Listed status: II

From the front door of this 18th-century granite building, a passage runs to the back via an inner door with Victorian glasswork (note the rare bitumen floor here and in the main bar). The public bar on the left was extended in the late 1950s to incorporate the former snug; the counter is from the same period but the mirrored bar-back long pre-dates it. There is old panelling in the main bar but the rustic brick fireplace is new; a candle is always lit during opening hours in remembrance of the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 1981 in which sixteen people died, including eight volunteer lifeboatmen. Right of the passage, through a door with a number 2 plus the barest outline of the designation ‘Commercial Room’, two rooms were amalgamated in recent times – the rear part has a superb granite fireplace with integral bread oven.

General information about historic pub interiors

Built 18th century of granite with a mounting block outside. A passage runs from the front door to the rear and has an inner door with Victorian coloured glass panels. On the left is the public bar with a jet-black bitumen floor. On the rear left of the bar there was originally a wall extended across to form a snug. The last changes were in the late 1950s when the snug was amalgamated with the public bar - you can see the mark left by the door hinge very clearly and the room was extended back a little. The present bar counter dates from the late 1950s with a Formica top and replaced one which incorporated the post in the centre of the room. The mirrored bar back with shelves is old, but fridges are in the lower shelf area where up to 2001 there was a stillage of wooden casks. Long serving landlady Rose Angwin always insisted on serving beer from wooden barrels only which ceased on the retirement of St Austell Brewery’s last cooper Llew Jones in 2001.

The main bar has old panelling on the walls but the rustic brick fireplace has recently replaced a short lived (and unsuccesful) black slate one which in turn had replaced a red brick one which dated from the 1950's. Note the lighted candle in this area which is a reminder of the loss of the nearby Penlee lifeboat in 1981 and it is permanently lit during opening hours. On the right of the passage is a two-part room having been a children's room at the front in use for many years which was amalgamated with the private kitchen at the rear in recent times. The rear part has a superb granite fireplace with integral bread oven.

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Monday
Noon - Midnight
Tuesday
Noon - Midnight
Wednesday
Noon - Midnight
Thursday
Noon - Midnight
Friday
Noon - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - 11:00pm

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This Pub serves 3 changing beers and 3 regular beers.

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
only when required, in the snug
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
no children in bar in the evenings
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Camping Camping
(1400m)
Real Fire Real Fire
Smoking Smoking
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Features
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Transport
Close to bus routes (190m)
First Kernow: Lands End Coaster; GoCornwall: 8
SMS stop code (text to 84268): coradamw (Terminus)

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