This website is currently in beta. If you wish to go back to the current site please click here. To provide feedback or find out more about this site, please click here.
Let us know your thoughts by leaving a score
A 17th-century, stone-built free house almost hidden up a side road in the lower half of Cranham village. A log fire dominates the main bar. Extensive woods nearby make this an ideal stopping point for walkers.
As at November 2021, a community group plans to register a community benefit society, register the pub as an asset of community value, and launch a community share scheme to purchase the pub.
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
17th-century pub almost hidden up a side road with two small rooms that have not changed in over fifty years. The public bar on the left has a red quarry tiled floor and old dado panelling all round the walls with bare benches attached. The style of the Formica-topped counter suggests it was installed in the 1950s/early 1960s – the bar-back shelves could be of similar age. The lounge on the right, through a narrow door and down two steps, has a bar-back with an illuminated panel at the top and glass shelves of a style seen with refits circa 1960, which is probably also the date of the counter. Two small rooms upstairs have been brought into use as dining rooms - the first has 'beauty board' dado panelling. The car park is situated further up the hill, past the pub.
Community Owned
A community group registered as a Community Benefit Society, registered the pub as an asset of community value, and launched a community share scheme. The purchase of the freehold of the pub was completed in October 2023. Refurbishment works was completed and the pub reopened 4 May 2024. See BBC article.
This Pub serves 4 changing beers and 0 regular beers.
Black Horse Inn, Cranham