Pot & Glass, Egglescliffe

Tucked away to the south of Egglescliffe church, this pub retains its three-room layout. The main servery is to the public bar (front left), a smaller one to the lounge at the rear while the room to the right of the central corridor has a small, three-sided counter front which steps forward as it rises. This is clearly 1930s work and part of what seems to have been an extensive 'brewers' Tudor' refit from the time - see the mock half-timbering, beams, chunky rustic tables (three cut from elm), red brick fire surrounds, and two inglenook fireplaces. The two counter fronts were the work of former landlord, Charlie Abbey, who, as a skilled joiner, fashioned them from old country house furniture and installed in the 1950s: he is buried in the churchyard.

The front bar with a figure '2' on the door has a 1930s brick fireplace painted red, the fixed seating could be 1950s or later. The front right small room with a figure '1' on the door has a brick fireplace in a 1930s inglenook but the fixed seating looks more post war. A red and black tiled and panelled passage to the rear widens out and there is an off sales hatch complete with rising window but always open, also a table and chairs for passageway drinking. The rear bar has another ornately carved bar counter installed in the 1950s and there is another fine brick fireplace from the 1930s in an inglenook, fixed seating is post-war.