The double-headed eagle and The Lion

A couple of months back, when we hadn’t been open that long and every day was still crazy, a lovely bloke with a big bag of chips breezed into the pub to have a look at the ceiling upstairs.   He’d heard about it from colleagues and happened to be one of the conservators working […]

A history of the pub with Kirsten Elliott

As part of National Heritage Open Day, local historian and author of the Lost Pubs of Bath Kirsten Elliott came and gave a talk up in Pococks Living Room.  The event was completely packed out and since, we have had a lot of people saying they wished they had been able to come along, so […]

Interview with Bath Newseum

It was a real privilege to talk to Bath Newseum recently, even if i did look a bit tired 🙂   Check out the video to find out a bit more about the building but also to see what plans we have for the future.  Richard Wyatt from Bath Newseum has also recently covered a […]

I found a clay pipe under the window

Although our building has some amazing original features in the upper stories such as the Jacobean ceiling in the upstairs living room and panelling from the same era in some of the bedrooms, the bar itself hasn’t fared so well over the centuries. I was very excited though that under the two front windows, hidden […]