Three Horseshoes

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West Sussex - Elsted

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed Status: II


Elsted
GU29 0JY

OS ref: SU818197

Tel: (01730) 825746

Website http://www.3hs.co.uk

Real Ale: Yes

Lunchtime Meals: Yes

Evening Meals: Yes

Public Transport: Near Bus Stop

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This pub has evolved out of four early nineteenth-century cottages which once included a butcher’s shop. The public bar has a quarry-tiled floor, old matchboard panelling, counter, a bar back fitting with a couple of deep drawers and some bench seating. The saloon (with ‘3’ on the door) has similar character and more bench seating but a bare brick floor, large open fireplace and small counter for service. On the far right is the former butcher’s shop still with hooks in the ceiling and a brick floor. This became a pub room in the 1970s. On the far left is an extension for a dining room (originally two small private rooms) brought into use in 1982. This pub is renowned for its high quality, locally sourced food. Chickens roam the delightful garden which has views over the South Downs. Basic outside loos retained, but modern ones inside!
Originally 4 cottages and later a two-roomed pub with adjoining butchers' shop in a c.200 year old brick building. The old beamed and quarry-tiled public bar on the right has half tongued and grooved panelling, a bar counter, bar back of shelves with two deep drawers, and two old low basic benches plus two pew type benches, all of which is difficult to date but could be interwar or older.

The original saloon bar to the left with ‘3’ on the door has an uneven brick floor, large stone and brick fireplace, old half panelled walls with wall benches on two sides. The inside toilets with Crittall windows were probably added in the 1930s but the original outside gents' and ladies' toilets at the rear are still in use.

On the far right is the former butchers' shop still with hooks in the ceiling and a brick floor which became a pub room in 1982, so the bar fittings are from this date. The counter here is modern and there are casks on stillage behind it. On the far left in a 20th-century brick extension is a dining room brought into use in 1982, which was originally two small rooms with fireplaces in both.
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