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Heritage Pub

Nags Head, Rochester

Operator: Independent
292 High Street, Rochester, ME1 1HS (View on Google Map)
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Whitewashed ex Courage two bar (on different levels) pub with weather-boarded frontage, a street corner house at the start of one of the high pavements. 3 handpumps in the front bar.

Cosy atmosphere with real fire and lots of wall mounted ornamentation to keep your eyes feasting.

Historic Interest

At the rear is a small games room opened up to the upper bar which was added to the pub a number of years ago but originally was a police station.

Information for this venue is provided by the Medway Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Medway (B)
Last updated
25/08/2023
Last surveyed
22/08/2023
Pub ID
MED/11801
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: II

A whitewashed three-storey, 17th-century pub with weatherboarded frontage at the start of one of the high pavements: there is a single-storey extension at the rear. Inside are two bars with old fittings. The upper bar (formerly two rooms) has a bare wooden floor and old panelled bar counter (now painted cream). The bar back is possibly Victorian with four bays and a doorway on the left to the lower bar. There are ornate mirror strips: also there is dado panelling which rises to full height within the servery. There is also a marble surround and tiled fireplace. The lower front bar has old full-height panelling on the walls (cream) and panelling to the front half of the ceiling (pink). There’s a quadrant-shaped curved bar counter with panelled front (black): the bar-back seems quite modern. The fixed seating seems post-war.

General information about historic pub interiors

Whitewashed three-storey ex Courage 17th century pub with weatherboarded frontage, a street corner house at the start of one of the high pavements with a single storey extension at the rear. Inside are two bars with old fittings. The upper bar has a bare wood floor and an old panelled bar counter with the front painted cream. Some fixed bench seating. The bar back is possibly Victorian mahogany with four bays and a doorway on the left to the lower bar. There are ornate mirror strips between the bays including gilding and a mirrored back. Most of the lower shelving has been lost to fridges. Old dado panelling and full height within the servery. There is a marble surround and tiled fireplace but has a radiator in front of it.

Lower front bar was originally two rooms (corner door permanently closed) and has old full height panelling on the walls painted cream, panelling on the front half of the ceiling is painted pink. Has a possibly 1930s quarter curved bar counter with panelled front painted black but the bar back is of no great age and has a 1960s style wrought iron pot shelf. Fixed seating looks post war; small fireplace but modern wood and cast iron interior.

At the rear is a small games room opened up to the upper bar which was added to the pub a number of years ago but originally was a police station.

General information about historic pub interiors
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Opening
Food
Monday
11:00am - 11:00pm
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday
11:00am - 11:00pm
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
11:00am - 12:30am
5:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday
11:00am - 12:30am
Noon - 8:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 11:00pm
12:30pm - 6:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 0 regular beers.

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Changing beers typically include: Fuller's - London Pride , Iron Pier (varies)

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Live Music Live Music
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Games Games
Pool
Real Fire Real Fire
Smoking Smoking
2 benches and a table in a rear small yard
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub Real Heritage Pub
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (30m)
Arriva: 145; ASD: 156, 197; Nu-Venture: 142, 172, 173
Nearby Station (750m)
Rochester
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