The Company of Weavers (JD Wetherspoon), Witney

An interesting 'spoons, a small frontage belies a deeper, wide interior. The name and décor celebrates Witney's now lost fame for woollen blankets, looms and unfinished cloth form a large part of the décor. A low ceilinged very JDW front gives way to a central section of antique pine stained woodwork with a splendid coffered ceiling and beyond that the ceiling gets higher with a frankly mad array of dangly lights formed from bobbins of wool. Looms are everywhere and there is a bucolic sculptured panel on a residual wall. Further back the floor slopes down into a sitting area with more wool and loom inspired décor plus the usual local dignatories photo and biography panels. Light fixtures are sheep based to continue the woolly theme. Some of the furniture is non spoons like with an area of 1960s style chairs among the more normal spoons furnishing. Very careful design has been employed on this job and it's well done. Beerwise there is the standard five plus five handpump line up with a good choice and quality also there were no coming soons, and just the GK IPA was doubled up. The staff were pretty good although it was a quiet time of day and there was no debris on the tables, a top 'spoons I think.