The Rose And Crown

This is one of the places in which I'm always rushing past, without the time to go in, and it's most frustrating when that involves a pub. So, as I was working in Trowbridge, I made a particular effort to open a gap in my schedule. I can tell it's a friendly place, as there are often happy-looking people sitting outside. They say the people make the pub, although further research will be needed, as I managed to pop in on a very quiet day. Nonetheless, the few people who were around were chatty and informative, and they're ducking in the bar photo to make less work for me in obscuring faces afterward. The Pub is 200 years old, having been built the same time as the railway it's next to. It used to be even closer to the trains, but part of it was demolished to make way for an access road. There are various humorous sayings and conversation points scattered around the main indoor area, which looks very cozy. These include a steampunk table, a water barrel for dogs, a shelf of old books, and unusual lighting features. There's a lot of antique-style leather-padded seating, so this looks angled towards sitting and talking rather than being numbed by loud music. The toilets are along an internal corridor, making a partial island of the bar, and I glimpsed a sports room further along. It looks like the building is good in cold weather, but it also has parts with walls that can be opened in the summer. Potentially will be visiting again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️