Robert Raikes's House, Gloucester

More than adequately described by Soup Dragon and Old Boots below, so I'll just confine myself to the beer. It's disappointing that there's no real ale available here, but the Sam Smiths range of keg beers is better than tolerable. The landlord kindly pointed out that my half of Dark MILD was only £1, to which I could only reply that the last such drink I'd had in a Sam Smiths pub had set me back all of 67p. He correctly surmised that I must be from Yorkshire. I wouldn't mind a pub like this on my doorstep in Sheffield - it's like being in a museum or picture gallery, and worth every penny of the extra 33p.

This is a terraced Sam Smith's pub, with patio at the back. It was the home of Sunday School founder, Robert Raikes. It is a triple gabled and triple jettied Tudor house (much altered), in white and wood. The pub has at least 6 small rooms, all with wood flooring, off a central corridor, along with a stairwell area. The first room is in red, with some red patterned sofas and comfy chairs, along with and a small fireplace and prints on the walls. The second is predominantly in wood panel, again with prints and a small fireplace. The third has the serving bar, which is in green, with prints on the walls. There is a room in red an beam walls, with samples of old wallpaper in, which has a flag floor. The front two are in green and beams, with a Tudor style brick and stone fireplace in each and have wood settles and furniture, with flag floor. There is no TV and no music. They do food at reasonable prices - we ate here and it was perfectly fine. The service was friendly and the clientele mixed - it was busy. Beer, a full range of Sam Smith's with the Dark MILD (Light MILD available at the Old Crown), which was excellent, as well as the stout. Also has bottle drinks. A nice place to visit, and worthy of doing so even if you are not a Sam Smith fan.

An impressive half timbered building in keeping with the medieval church and Greyfriars Priory ruins opposite. The wood is in natural colours rather than the blackened timber we are used to, a fair bit of the wood is new so someone has spent a lot of money on restoration. The answer lies inside at the bar, a choice of cold keg Old Brewery Bitter and the other Sam Smiths products. Inside there are four smallish main rooms two of them with new carved stone fireplaces and new flag flooring. The servery is in the second room back on the left and is the more popular with locals, other rooms are furnished with tables and chairs in a carefully chosen design to be in keeping with the building. Definitely a pub to see.