Brewers Tap

It retains its original island bar counter with a ply panelled front. The island gantry is long and narrow with two parts of three bays each and a narrow walkway for staff to cross to the other counter. It is good to see that fridges have been placed under the counter leaving lower gantry shelving intact. Over the rear of the island bar is a stained and leaded glass skylight. In the rear area there are another three modest stained and leaded skylights. The floor is of red tiles laid diagonally with a white terrazzo border / trough all around the base of the counter. On the left and right walls there are impressive large 1930s brick fireplaces of a size not seen in any pub that we are aware of.

The only significant alteration was the opening-up of the rear sitting room by the removal of a wall in the early 1990s, when the island counter was extended back, as indicated by the old terrazzo spittoon trough around the base, which finishes abruptly. In the rear section is another 1930s brick fireplace, but the dado panelling and fixed seating are new. The tiny snug at the front with doorways from the left and right sides of the main bar. was originally Mr Lang’s office. It has an unusual dado of three horizontal panels under the small bar counter / hatch and modern seating. The gents toilets were little altered with terrazzo floors until 2014 when they were modernised. The pub was renamed when the new owners purchased Houston Brewery.