Pub Heritage Chequers Inn
Derbyshire - Ticknall
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed Status: II
27 High StreetTicknall
DE73 7JH
Tel: (01332) 864392
Email: chequersticknall@btconnect.com
Real Ale: Yes
Public Transport: Near Bus Stop
Bus: Yes
View on: Whatpub
Much of what we see inside this 17th-century pub derives from a refit in the early 1950s. In the main room, both bar counter and bar back are typical of that time, the latter with small drawers still used as a till. A settle formerly almost encircled the inglenook fireplace but most was removed in 1968 so only a tiny portion remains. Seats either side of the fireplace have head room scooped out of the breast beam. A second, small room has old dado panelling, 1950s brick fireplace and a piano which is still played on Sat nights. A third room marked private can see use at busy times. Sadly, the 50-year-old egg throwing competition on Easter Monday was stopped in 2003 on health and safety grounds.
17th-century pub which was altered in the 19th-century with the interior little altered in 50 years. The bar counter and bar back fitting are almost certainly from 1952 - the date on the Gaskell & Chambers handpumps; the counter front has a distinct style seen in the 1950s and the bar back has a couple of small drawers still used for a till with a wooden tray for coins. The small fireplace in the inglenook could also date from 1952 - sadly the tiny settle with an iron stay attaching it to the ceiling is all that remains of the one that practically encircled the fireplace with just a small gap in it to walk through - the rest having been removed in 1968. There are seats either side of the inglenook fireplace which has a scooped out head-room in breast beam (alleged to have been done by Arthur Toplis of Ticknall two generations ago).
A door with '1' on it leads to a second small room with some old dado panelling, a 1950s brick fireplace, display case and a piano which is still played every Sat night from 9pm. A third small room marked 'private' can be brought into use at busy times. Outside gents' and ladies'. The front porch-way was altered c 2000.
