Case is Altered, Eastcote, Pinner

Official site of Case is Altered - www.caseisalteredpinner.co.uk

Official site of Case is Altered - www.caseisalteredpinner.co.uk

The Case in Altered is a 2011 GBG listed traditional pub just sitting back from the Eastcote / Pinner road next door to Eastcote Cricket Club. Originally a 17th century building it was remodelled in the thirties to give it a rural interior décor, although it’s a long time since this part of Middlesex was rural. The strange name comes from the colloquial Spanish . ‘Case desaltar’ from the time of the Peninsular War, (which loosely translates to ‘House of Jumping’) and over the years sign writers have altered the letters to try and give the pub name an English meaning when none was there in the first place. Internally it looks like it was originally a two roomed stone building with a small snug room with a coal fire to the right of the main entrance, and then the main L shaped bar to the left. Then to the back is a big barn room which, although it extends the available seating, looks rather like its been bolted on and not in keeping with the rest of the pub. But has the advantage that the footy is shown in the barn on a big screen and therefore leaves the rest of the traditional part of the pub sport free for those not interested. There is a large car park to the front and the internal space is complemented by a good sized front garden area which has a large amount of bench seating. Although a GK house it gets in the GBG by having a guest ale policy which regularly changes with beers from outside the GK Stable. As well as the house ales of IPA, OSH and Moorlands Original, there was Directors and Sharps Doombar during my most recent visit last week, and the Moorlands was a good pint.

Randomness Guide to London - Case Is Altered entry

Randomness Guide to London - Case Is Altered entry