Lamb & Fountain, Frome

A late 17th- or early 18th-century pub retaining three small rooms. From the front door a passage runs to the rear and halfway down on the left is the off-sales hatch with a sliding glazed window with display case above. The door at the front left leads to a very small public bar with a Victorian counter, which has a c.1960 Formica top, the bar back shelves are mainly old ones, and there is an interwar tiled and wood surround fireplace with a gas fire in front of it.

The door at the rear left leads to another bar which was also very small with a couple of hatch-like counters in a part-glazed partition wall to the rear of the servery. The stone fireplace appears to date from about 1930 (or is it a Stroud Brewery one of around 1950?). The room was extended back in the first half of the 20th century and the rear section has old dado panelling, a tongue-and-groove boarded ceiling, table skittles and splendid views over the town and Cley Hill. Around 1960 a new lounge bar was created out of former outbuildings and has ply-panelled walls and a counter front of a style seen widely about that time.

Under the pub there are remains of a 19th century brewery and maltings; further below that are some vaults which may date back to the 16th century. Visits are possible as part of a tour of Frome's tunnels - contact Peter Clark 01373 466586