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BORDERS - Tweedsmuir, Crook Inn

National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part Two

Tweedsmuir, Tweedsmuir, ML12 6QN

(on A 701)

Tel: 01899 880272

Listed Status: Grade C(s)

View this pub on a local map

CURRENTLY CLOSED. An early 19th-century coaching inn (although claimed to date from 1580) with an extension in c.1936. Most of the Art Deco fittings of that era, including the finest surviving ladies’ and gents’ loos, has been retained. Walk through the terrazzo-floored lobby and past the period hotel reception to find Willie Wastle's Bar at the rear. This is just as it was, with a lapped wood door and bar counter, gantry of shelves, stone fireplace with a circular hearth and copper hood. Even the chunky furniture - chairs, tables including a barrel one, and corner seat - is original.

A visit to the toilets is a must for their vitreous wall panels (two-tone blue in the ladies'; cream with black and red frames in the gents'), Art Deco weighing machine in the ladies', mirrors and plumbing.

The pub is currently closed and an application to convert it into a house and four flats submitted to Scottish Borders council. A campaign to reject these plans and get this remarkable inn reopened is underway so please ring for an update prior to any proposed visit.