Colomendy Arms, Cadole

This small two-roomed drinkers’ pub tucked away in a side road is barely changed since it was last refitted in 1962 and has been in the same ownership for over 20 years. The small bar has a distinctly early 1960s bar counter with a red Formica top and set of handpumps with the date of 1962; the bar back fitting is also from the 1960s and there are some older bar back shelves on the rear wall. The area in front of the bar has a Ruabon quarry tiled floor and the front part of the room bare boards, which seems to indicate it was two separate rooms prior to 1962. The front part has a small brick fireplace in a style seen around 1960 and the dado panelling is modern. The small lounge also has a Ruabon quarry tiled floor and fixed seating, which appears as though it might date from c.1962; but the large fireplace looks much older. This traditional village pub with no food, no music, no pool and no machines still retains its outside gents’ (with a covered walkway).