Pub Heritage Chequer Inn
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West Sussex - Steyning
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed Status: II
41 High StreetSteyning
BN44 3RE
OS ref: TQ175112
Tel: (01903) 814437
Email: enquiries@chequerinnsteyning.co.uk
Website https://www.chequerinn.co.uk/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/152509388102659
Real Ale: Yes
Lunchtime Meals: Yes
Evening Meals: Yes
Public Transport: Near Bus Stop
Bus: Yes
View on: Whatpub
A former coaching inn, this is a timber-framed building, probably of medieval date but refaced in the eighteeth century. It retains two bars either side of the front entrance though there has been some opening up in both. The saloon on the right has a short counter but with a section that has an old glazed screen and part-glazed partition wall that extends to the back of the opened-up room to a small drinking area on the left-hand side called the Farmers’ Corner. Opposite the Farmers’ Corner is a snug with a room next to it at the back with a parquet floor and large interwar brick fireplace. The main bar is on the left-hand side and was once divided into two rooms by a timber screen but only a short section remains: see the unused door at the front of the pub. The counter is L-shaped and is possibly postwar and the back fittings are modern. At the rear is the games room featuring a full-size billiard table. The dividing wall to the games room has been removed. There is a short corridor between the games room and the Farmers’ Corner.
Timber-framed building, probably of medieval date, refaced with brick, now painted, in 18th century. On the right is a characterful suite of rooms starting with a public bar with a bar counter and bar back shelving installed in the 1950s which replaced a passage (from a good article by historian Janet Pennington) and there is a 1920/30s Tudor stone arch fireplace but the bar back shelving was renewed in 2012 and an old curved lower middle section has been replaced by a fridge. It is opened-up to a small room behind with a small brick fireplace of no great date - note the part glazed old screen on the left around the servery and part glazed partition wall around this room/area. It leads to a bare wood floor area called the Farmers Corner with small 1950s counter and old dado panelling. To the rear right is a room with 1930s parquet floor, large 1930s brick fireplace and there is a small snug to the left with a stable door - what was this originally?
On the left is the current main bar with a bar counter that could be a 1950s one, but the bar back is modern work, old dado panelling and a 1950s brick fireplace. The left side of the pub is an amalgamation of three small rooms with part of an old partition to the left remains and at the rear is a billiard room with a full sized table, a Victorian (style) fireplace and some old dado panelling.
Full Description
On the left is the current main bar with a bar counter that could be a 1950s one, but the bar back is modern work, old dado panelling and a 1950s brick fireplace. The left side of the pub is an amalgamation of three small rooms with part of an old partition to the left remains and at the rear is a billiard room with a full sized table, a Victorian (style) fireplace and some old dado panelling.
