Pub Heritage Ship Inn
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Kent - Sandgate
Two star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic interest
Listed Status: Not listed
65 Sandgate High StreetSandgate
CT20 3AH
Email: hello@landb-restaurants.co.uk
Website https://www.landb-restaurants.co.uk/thefamousshipinn
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/114167225351158
Real Ale: Yes
Lunchtime Meals: Yes
Evening Meals: Yes
Nearby Station: Folkestone West
Station Distance: 1350m
Public Transport: Near Railway Station (Folkestone West) and Bus Stop
Bus: Yes
View on: Whatpub
The historic interior interest here is the front bar which is claimed to have been refitted in 1948 – an extraordinary date for such work in the immediate aftermath of war and its consequent shortage of materials. The walls have full-height panelling, and there’s a panelled ceiling, horizontally-boarded counter, fixed seating, a gently curved concave fire surround and a rather remarkable array of seats and tables made out of old casks. The rear bar is of less interest but still retains some features from the putative 1948 remodelling although its character derives much from a 2013 refit. Towards the sea is a restaurant area added in 2010 above which is a lovely terrace with views of the sea. The pub is linked to the Amazing Brewery Company next door which opened in 2015 and whose beers it sells.
The public bar is a rare example of how pubs were refitted just after WWII. Prior to 1948 the area of the public bar contained a bottle and jug in the area where there is a large table on the front right and two other small rooms including a tap room with casks on stillage where the present servery is situated - the pub had four small rooms and the off licence. The public bar has some full height panelling on the walls, an old plank ceiling, the lapped wood bar counter dates from the 1948, bar back of shelves (some of glass) on a mirrored back and with a small till drawer is also from the 1948 as is the fixed seating, curved brick fireplace and even the barrel tables and chairs. One wall has a mural of part of an Admiralty Chart of the Dover Straight.
A corridor connects the public bar to the small rear bar which was refurbished in 2013 and has old dado panelling now painted grey, the bar counter from 1948 also painted grey, bar back shelving from 1948, some fixed seating of similar date, but the 1948 tiled and wood surround fireplace has been replaced by a new wood burner. Note the casks of real ales and polyp ins of cider on an old stillage behind the bar. A private lounge, ladies toilet, small kitchen and outside gents were swept away in changes in 1985 to create new inside toilets, new cellar and a small rear deck. In 2009 a restaurant was added at the rear overlooking the sea.
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A corridor connects the public bar to the small rear bar which was refurbished in 2013 and has old dado panelling now painted grey, the bar counter from 1948 also painted grey, bar back shelving from 1948, some fixed seating of similar date, but the 1948 tiled and wood surround fireplace has been replaced by a new wood burner. Note the casks of real ales and polyp ins of cider on an old stillage behind the bar. A private lounge, ladies toilet, small kitchen and outside gents were swept away in changes in 1985 to create new inside toilets, new cellar and a small rear deck. In 2009 a restaurant was added at the rear overlooking the sea.
