The Cornerhouse, Chester

A black and white timbered exterior and leaded windows, inside has a beamed ceiling, green exposed steel beams and a split level varnished boarded floor. Each end wall has exposed brickwork with a proper fire lit down one end where there is also a piano, wall mounted muskets and a square shaped guitar down the other end. Maybe it is a mandolin or something. The floor in front of the bar slopes a bit which felt a bit disconcerting. For some reason a leg of lamb and a chopping board hang over the bar. Comedy and music acts are advertised and the stairs and lobby are lined with album covers and pictures of musicians. There are daily papers in a rack. Beers were Landlord, Salopian Oracle, Titanic Plum Porter and Black Iris All Seeing IPA. Food listed on a board consisted of snacks such as olives plus cheese, meat and pate platters. A nice spot and good twinned with the Cellar Bar across the road which is under the same ownership.

As noted, this has been renamed The Cornerhouse and is basically the same inside. 4 handpumps on the bar with 3 working today with Tim Taylor Landlord, Arbour Oz Bomb and Fixed Wheel Gold Century being the beers available today. Plus they seem to have sorted out the heating.

Struggle to warm to this place mainly because its usually been freezing whenever I've been in. Real ales available.