Oatridge Hotel, Uphall

This Georgian hotel has been run by the same family for 50 years and its interior is little changed for that period.

Built 1810, this two-storey building is of stone with a single storey part on the right.

The public bar with its modern tiled floor retains an impressive gantry from the inter-war period (or just post-war?). It has 5 main bays and there are two doorways as well. There are four columns with ridges situated at each end of the two pieces of the gantry. It is mirrored with a cornice along the top. On the top of the gantry is a two shelf glass fronted display case all the way along including over the doorways – this has been added in recent years and means the whole gantry now reaches the ceiling. There are cupboards and drawers in the lower shelving and two –thirds of the lower shelving remains.

The panelled bar counter looks like an inter-war one of walnut? to which panels have been added at a later date. It curves on the right hand side and the top is only 30 years old. The public bar has been recently refurbished so the fitted seating looks modern and painted in a blue-grey colour including the baffles which look like they date to the inter-war years.

On the rear right there is a gap leading to the lounge, which has another section of bar counter in the same style as the public bar one and it curves. There is also a small gantry where a fridge has replaced the lower shelving. The room has a panelled dado which looks 1950s in style and there is a baffle (recently painted) nearby otherwise the fixed seating is modern. The gents’ has four large urinals from inter-war times. The left hand door from the public bar leads to a reception hall and to the left is a restaurant with a large (modern) stone fireplace.