The Crown, Twickenham

A fine ,large Youngs house with a lot of original features ,it's very close to Marble Hill Park and on the busy Richmond Road.A side entrance from the extensive beer garden opens into a vaulted ceiling section opposite the long wooden bar with a dark fireplace against the outer wall.This area was focussed on the drinking customers and various dogs .Bar stolls remained unused.There is then a mid ships section with a more normal ceiling,comfy chairs,a leather bound banquette,fine etched glass in the exterior glasswork and original doors to a smaller road entrance and ,up a step, to a private dining room with a long table.Further back into the interior are two dining room sections with tables laid for service. It all felt quite grand. Food is served with lunctime sandwiches with chips (£11-13),a menu of pub style starters and mains which were pitched at a median £17. Events are held,meet the DEYA brewer one evening,baby and toddler themed daytime events for mums,acoustic music etc and the young serving crew were friendly and welcoming. At the bar Youngs Original,Harvey's Sussex Best and Surrey Hills Shere Drop ,decent NBSS 3.5.I can see myself using this pub again,I liked the focus on more than just food and the heritage features enhance any visit.

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.