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The Junction Inn reopened 1st November 2023 as Woodies at the Junction Inn. Beer range shown is that for its reopening day.
Classic Victorian pub Built in 1864. tastefully refurbished 2023 and now with new 'Woodies Junction Inn' etched glass in all windows. Much of the Victorian design is still on show. Three handpumps and a good range of freshly prepared food.
Buses listed are in St. Denys Road; more available in Bevois Valley/Portswood Road, just a little further away (800m) but Portswood by-pass gets slightly in the way; the railway station is much more convenient.
Historic Interest
Grade II listed; dating from 1864 we believe that the pub was originally called the Wareham Inn but the name had definitely become Junction Inn by 1878. The pub passed into the hands of Winchester Brewery, who were bought out by Marston's before they sold their 'Winchester' estate to Greene King in 1999. It's a CAMRA National inventory pub for its interior (see link) and it won a CAMRA award for its sympathetically renovation in the 1990s when two small rooms on the left were amalgamated and extra room added. The interior broadly survived a fire at the pub in 2012 though on restoration the woodwork lost its dark varnish for a more contemporary shade.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: II
Despite some recent changes, the Victorian layout of this splendid pub can still be discerned, and the counter, bar back, and parts of the woodwork partitions remain intact.
Handy for St Denys station and a master-class in the way pubs used to be. It was built in 1876 and the fittings probably date back to that time. Marstons took over from the Winchester brewery in 1929 and added their imprint with a series of frosted windows but these have recently been removed. They denoted the various old room names and their actual existence can still be ascertained, partly thanks to the survival of remnants of the internal screens, although some partitions have been altered or reduced in size in recent years. On the right is the public bar (not actually named and now perhaps the combination of two spaces, hence the two outside doors), then the jug and bottle, private bar and saloon. What's extraordinary is the way these small drinkers’ spaces wrap around the serving area and are almost subordinate to it in scale. Unusually there is a Victorian fireplace within the serving area. The woodwork, formerly varnished, is now painted dark green. The splendid Victorian bar back (L-shaped behind the curved counter) has recently been restored in matt charcoal black. In the 1990s there were changes on the left-hand side of the pub and the room behind the saloon was created out of the former ground-floor cellar and another room was created in an extension. The toilets on the left are modern but have an old, relocated penny-in-the-slot machine.
Despite some recent changes, the Victorian layout of this splendid pub can still be discerned, and the counter, bar back, and parts of the woodwork partitions remain intact.The Junction is a good example of how many pubs were laid out in the past. There are still a number of small rooms around a bar; these were originally separated by wood and timber screnns but only remants of these survive, with some shortenings and removals quite recent. Built 1876 as the Wyndham Arms and with a balustrade on the right side of the building it was remodelled internally in the late 19th century and a large portion of these fittings remain. There were further changes after Marstons bought the Winchester Brewery in 1929.
There is a splendid Victorian curved bar counter and a two-sided elaborate bar back with sets of drawers in both parts; also a Victorian fireplace behind the bar - a very rare survivor. Remnants of the glazed partitions that separated the public bar on the right (possibly two small rooms at some time in the past) remain attached to the exterior walls: the compartments (still discernible) previously included a Bottle & Jug a public and a private bar and a saloon on the left. The partition between the public bar and former Bottle and Jug had been a very rare survivor having a door with a clearance of only 5 ft 6 ins but the timberwork surrounding this opening has recently been removed and the partition shortened. There is lots of old panelling around the pub and a Victorian tiled fireplace. Note the port-hole windows which can still be opened in warm weather.
In the 1990s there were changes on the left hand side and the expanded saloon was created out of the former cellar. A fireplace remains in a chimney breast which is now in the centre of this expanded space. Chequerboard floor tiling is new. The space is a venue for folk nights. Another relic of the past is the old 'penny in the slot' on the door to the toilets on the left side. For the sympathetic renovation which retained most of the original fittings the pub received a CAMRA Pub Refurbishment Award.
The pub suffered a serious fire in February 2012 which mainly affected the upper floors. As part of the restoration a lot of the original woodwork was painted in incongruous pastel colours but they are now a pleasing shade of dark green.
This Pub serves no changing beers and 3 regular beers.
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