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Operator: Samuel Smith
Wetherby Road, Rufforth, YO23 3QF (View on Google Map)
(01904) 738621
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A 1930s village pub in a rural setting with nice features (windows and porch) it was originally a house which has been extended. Friendly, cosy Sam’s pub in their trademark brown and cream colours, with wood panelling. Patio with seating to rear and an attractive garden with kids’ adventure playground amongst trees. Local and passing trade. Large car park.

Information for this venue is provided by the York Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
York (B)
Last updated
26/09/2023
Last surveyed
10/12/2017
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Samuel Smith
Pub ID
YOR/170
Asset of Community Value

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

Listed status: Not listed

The building is early 19th-century, or older, but it's the makeover it received in 1937 – by Leeds architect H. Lane Fox for Samuel Smith’s brewery – that makes the Tankard Inn special.

This has left us a little two-room interior of modest dignity that has stood the test of time as a good pub design of its period. Both rooms have matching three-light windows with colourful leaded glass in patterns typical of their time and the public bar has its original bench seating and curving bar-counter. The lounge seating and counter are more recent, however, and this could also be true of all the pub’s panelling.

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