The Crown, Twickenham

This is a large, well presented roadside pub, just a short walk from St Margaret’s station. The pub has a large main bar area in the left half of the building, which is bare boarded with the servery along the rear wall. The bar counter and bar back have been painted in a rather upmarket looking colour scheme, which sadly makes the room lose some of its inherent character. It’s clearly a rather fine old building, with stained glass windows evident to the front, each depicting a detailed image of various birds, whilst several panes of tasteful, modern etched glass can be found around the entrance. The furniture matches the room’s high spec, with comfy button backed banquettes to the front and right, well appointed high tables and stools through the centre and a lovely old fireplace to the left, surrounded by a Chesterfield and backless leather bench. There is a door to the left, just beyond the fireplace, which leads out to a sizeable patio garden with plenty of bench seating and a few shady spots. The right hand side of the pub is essentially a two-part seating area, accessed via an entrance with two doorways which retain their old ‘Private Bar’ and ‘Saloon Bar’ panes, as well as having an attractive mosaic tile floor depicting a crown image. Seating in the front section includes high stools and tub chairs, whilst the rear part is a particularly fine looking restaurant space with pre-set tables and standard chairs. The pub has found its way into recent editions of the Good Beer Guide and had four ales available on this visit – Oakham Citra, Harvey’s Sussex Best, Surrey Hills Shere Drop and Southwark Thames Drop Pale. My pint of the latter was in pretty good shape and the service, whilst a little slow, was at least friendly enough. This is a bit of a posh feeling pub that presumably serves quite a well to do neighbourhood. The main bar room was worth the visit to see it’s numerous fine features and the beer choice and quality was certainly nothing to complain about. As far as this sort of upmarket style pub goes, this was a pretty good visit and worth popping in if waiting for a train or passing through the area.

Official site of The Crown - crowntwickenham.co.uk

Official site of The Crown - crowntwickenham.co.uk

Another excellent conversion.Lovely large bright bar.Food features heavily but they have 4 real ales on.My pint of Surrey Hills was very good.They have kept the leaded windows and the acid etched glass in the doors.The outside area has had a make-over and is perfect for a sunny day.