A popular olde worlde pub on two levels, a timber building in the Old Town of Hastings with friendly staff. Main entrance is up a side alley to the right.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: II
Early 17th century three-storey building which until the 1950s operated as a boot and shoe shop on the ground floor. It was restored and a mock Tudor frontage added in 1956 and opened as a pub on various levels. It has half timbered walls, a wealth of beams and timbers, and old brick fireplaces.
Main bar is on the first floor with access via a staircase from the small front bar or walk up the lane on the right-hand side of the building and enter by the door half way up. It has a bar counter with a linenfold front from the 1950s and the bar back shelves might well be 1950s. Bare wood floor throughout first floor. Up a further six steps is another small room / area and further on the left (down three steps) is a pool room where the fittings are very modern.
The small ground floor bar has a flagstone floor and another linenfold bar counter from 1956 and bar back shelves might be 1950s, old brick fireplace inglenook-style. However, the bar counter was originally on the right and moved across so that the staircase to the first floor could be added.
This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.
Olde Pumphouse, Hastings