Lord Nelson, Burnham Thorpe

Dates from c.1650 and was renamed in honour of the great admiral Horatio Nelson who was born in the rectory in this village in 1758 and is said to have held a farewell party in an upstairs room before leaving in 1793 to take command of the Agamemnon. From the front door there is an uneven brick-floored passage. Turn left and you find the splendid small Nelson's Bar, the historic core of the pub. Originally there was no bar counter and drinks were brought from the cellar on a tray but, in 2002, a hole was cut in a wall to create a small counter to a new servery behind. At the same time, one of two ancient high-backed settles, attached to the ceiling with a curved iron rod, was removed. However, as part of further alterations in 2020, a replica of this settle was installed to accompany the splendid larger one. The original tiled floor was also replaced, the tiles being larger but still in keeping.

To the right of the passage is the Ward Room, which up to the retirement of long-standing licensee Les Winter, founder member of the Nelson Society, in 1997, contained many items of Nelson memorabilia. A small snug to the left of the bar was a cellar until 1994 - it also now has a modern tiled floo .

The Victory Room on the right was converted from a barn in 1996 but is now the kitchen. In 2020, the pub was hugely extended to the rear and this area contains the servery.