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Heritage Pub

Bell, Worcester

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35, St. Johns, Worcester, WR2 5AG (View on Google Map)
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A community pub, dating from the 17th century, having a central corridor with two small rooms on one side and the main bar on the other. At the rear is a second bar used at busy times, and a room available for functions. There is also a popular skittle alley. As well as the two regulars, there can be up to three guest beers which can be from local independents or sometimes from more distant breweries. Live music often played at weekends.

Historic Interest

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Information for this venue is provided by the Worcester Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Worcester District (B)
Last updated
16/09/2021
Last surveyed
05/03/2017
Pub ID
WOR/1002
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: II

The pub is part of a late 18th century terrace and has a most unusual arrangement of rooms. The entrance door is in the centre of the pub and opens on to a Victorian floor tiled passageway . There is a hatch from the bar on the left hand wall and a glasses shelf on the same wall which indicates passageway drinking at some in the past. There are two wooden sliding doors at either end of the passage that both lead into the main room, an suggestion that is was formerly two separate rooms. The bar counter with its rustic black & white wood and plaster frontage was installed in the 1980s to replace the previous counter but the bar back with plain wooden shelves and mirror mosaic back appears to be 1960s work. There is fixed seating along the three walls opposite the bar area.

General information about historic pub interiors

The pub is part of a late 18th century terrace and has a most unusual arrangement of rooms. The entrance door is in the centre of the pub and opens on to a Victorian floor tiled passageway . There is a hatch from the bar on the left hand wall and a glasses shelf on the same wall which indicates passageway drinking at some in the past. There are two wooden sliding doors at either end of the passage that both lead into the main room, an suggestion that is was formerly two separate rooms. The bar counter with its rustic black & white wood and plaster frontage was installed in the 1980s to replace the previous counter but the bar back with plain wooden shelves and mirror mosaic back appears to be 1960s work. There is fixed seating along the three walls opposite the bar area.

The main claim to fame for this pub however is the two small rooms to the right of the entrance. The first of the two rooms has fixed seating installed in the late 1980s, a small brick 1950s fireplace, and a glazed screen and door separating it from the passageway.

The second room is larger, again with 1980s fixed seating, and glazed screen and door. However, the glazing here is far older with a bowed frontage reminiscent of a Dickensian shop.

The origins of the rooms is unclear but the tale is that there were courtrooms and the prisoners were kept in what is now the pub cellar. Be that as it may they are certainly a rare feature, the nearest comparison being the rear booths at the Bull, Paisley.

The entrance passageway continues to the rear of the pub where there is a very large function room with its own bar and an adjacent skittle alley.

General information about historic pub interiors
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Monday
10:00am - 1:00am
Tuesday
10:00am - 1:00am
Wednesday
10:00am - 1:00am
Thursday
10:00am - 1:00am
Friday
10:00am - 1:00am
Saturday
10:00am - 1:00am
Sunday
11:00am - Midnight
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Current beers

This Pub serves 3 changing beers and 1 regular beer.

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Live Music Live Music
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Function Room Function Room
Games Games
Real Fire Real Fire
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
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Features
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Transport
Close to bus routes (75m)
30, 31, 39, 44
Closest station (1300m)
Worcester Foregate Street
Directions
W side of the Severn off A44
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