Ship, Itchenor

Rebuilt 1933 by Henty & Constable and retaining three of its four original rooms all with parquet floors and original brick and wood surround fireplaces. The left main bar has a parquet floor and on the ceiling you can see where a thin partition wall split it in two in the past and note there is a door at the front (with the figure '4' on it) and another at the side that led to the rear room. The walls have fielded panelling all around, it retains the original bar counter front that slopes inwards with a conical corner and the lower bar back shelving appears original BUT upper shelving modern as are the superstructures over the bar with supports made from old yacht mast - all done c2010.

The front section has retained its original fireplace of 1930s brick and fielded panelling surround and mantelpiece but the rear fireplace (called the Anglers Den) has been replaced by modern fielded panelling in the same style as the 1930s ones. Look for the odd bell push, some original leaded glass, and the seat made from the stern of a boat where one panel can be removed to reveal a small painting.

An opened out section (done c2010) leads to the middle room with a carpet on the parquet floor, original panelled bar counter (new top), a 1930s brick fireplace and more fielded panelling but the bar back is modern. The area on the right of the counter with a new piece of back fitting (and a kitchen beyond) was originally the way to the toilets but a new toilet block was added on the rear left (note the slope up to the gents').

Originally there was a folding partition separating the middle and right-hand rooms but this is no longer in place so there is a wide gap with curtains across it. The right-hand room also has original fielded panelling on the walls, 1930s brick fireplace with a fielded panelled surround, though all has now been painted over.