CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE

NORTHUMBERLAND - Berwick-on-Tweed, Free Trade

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part One

75 Castlegate, Berwick-on-Tweed, TD15 1LF

Tel: 01289 306498

Opening Hours: Closed Mon. to Fri. lunchtimes.

Draught Beer & Cider: One real ale

Public Transport: Railway Station: Berwick

Listed Status: Grade II

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Built in 1847 and re-arranged and refitted in c.1910 with few alterations since. The layout, the result of a highly unusual partition, is, from CAMRA's considerable research, considered to be the only example left in the whole of the UK. The very rare partition with its iron stays attached to the ceiling forms a corridor down the left side that allowed those using the off-sales counter in the middle of the pub privacy from people in the bar. A door in the partition leads into the basic, wood-panelled front bar, which was two small rooms, it retains its original bar counter, original bar-back with drawers and shelves held up by fluted pillasters, bench seating with bell-pushes and Edwardian tiled fireplace. The off sales area still retains its counter but the area is usually filled up with a cigarette machine and other clutter. The rear smoke room beyond an Edwardian glazed partition wall has a small continuation of the original bar back in the public bar, an old, but not original, fireplace and more recent bench seating. Closed Mon. to Fri. lunchtimes. Closed Tuesday all day.