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one of ... Britain's Real Heritage Pubs

This pub is taken from the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, CAMRA's pioneering effort to identify and help protect the most important historic pub interiors in the country.

WEST MIDLANDS - Dudley, Shakespeare

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part One

74 Stafford Street, Dudley, DY1 1RT

Tel: 01384 213461

Public Transport: Bus: 558

Listed Status: Grade II

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Once hundreds, if not thousands, of Black Country pubs must have looked like this simple three-room corner establishment. They are now exceptionally rare, hence the grade II listing in 1999. A corridor with red and black quarry tiles leads to the rear (and outside toilets). On the left, behind a matchboarded partition, is a tiny tap room with a counter and basic shelving by way of a bar-back. Behind this a long room with an irregular plan reflecting the shape of the site. On the right a third plain room. Fixed seating in all rooms.

Shakespeare, Dudley
Shakespeare, Dudley
Front Bar
Shakespeare, Dudley
Rear Bar
Shakespeare, Dudley
Smoke Room
Shakespeare, Dudley
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