Free Trade

Refitted in about 1910 with few alterations since. The layout, the result of a highly unusual partition, is, from CAMRA's considerable research, considered to be the only remaining example. The very rare partition with its iron stays attached to the ceiling forms a corridor down the left side that allowed those using the off-sales counter in the middle of the pub privacy from people in the bar. A door in the partition leads into the basic, panelled front bar, which was once two small rooms, it retains its original bar counter, original bar-back with drawers and shelves held up by fluted pilasters, bench seating with bell-pushes and Edwardian tiled fireplace. The off-sales area still retains its counter but the area is usually filled up with a cigarette machine and other clutter. The rear smoke room beyond an Edwardian glazed partition wall has a small continuation of the original bar back in the public bar, an old, but not original, fireplace and more recent bench seating.