A grade II-listed back street corner pub dating from 1880 and with an impressive tiled frontage, this welcoming community local introduced real ale in September 2009, the first Conway pub to do so, but sadly failed to attract enough customers for it to make it worth keeping. The handpump has gone now.
Green King IPA is available.
Historic Interest
Grade II listing:- Mid C19 3-storey, 4-window building with canted corner to 3-window front on Combermere Road. Stock brick. Stucco rusticated quoins and entablature (missing cornice). Segmental second-floor and round-arched first floor windows in deep reveal surrounds of terra-cotta with leafy and geometrical patterns; dentil cornices over first floor windows. Ground floor wall panels, pilasters and entablature (including lettering of fascia) in green, gold and brown glazed tiles. Arabesque pattern on pilasters, paterae in capitals and leafy patterns in relief tiles on stall risers. An interesting example of architectural use of glazed tiles
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: II
A rather grand late-19th-century corner-site pub which is distinguished by a fine display of external tilework, including the name of the owner and/or licensee, T.T. Castle, in mosaic over the main entrance, and the name of the pub in raised lettering on the fascia. The interior was refitted in the inter-war period and a surprising amount of this scheme remains. The servery runs down the middle of the pub: it has a tapered counter at the foot of which is an attractive buff and red band of small tiles. Minor changes include a modern inlay on the counter top, the main bar-back shelf is of Formica and one fridge has replaced some lower shelves. Towards the back of the servery is a tiny Publican’s Office. Spanning the bar on the Dalyell Road side of the pub there is a full-height screen (although it has lost its door). A number of inter-war fireplaces remain (most are blocked-up). The vestibule entrance appears modern.
Marquis of Lorne, Stockwell