The Man of Ross, Ross-On-Wye

John Kyrle, otherwise known as the Man of Ross was one a local 17th Century philanthropist who pretty much shaped Ross as a town and whose name is held in great reverence in these parts. The building was originally built in the 17th Century but was largely revamped in the 1830’s and became a pub in 1847. The façade of the pub contains a short eulogy to Kyrle and a portrait whilst the 3 salmon sculpture outside is one of 3 around the town by local sculpture Walenty Pytel and was commissioned in 1997 by the the local Disrict Council. The pub is listed by CAMRA as having an interior of some regional historic interest and whilst the pub looks quite sizeable from the outside, it is deceptive with just 2 smallish rooms once you get the front door. The main bar to the left has bare floors and simple furnishings with some old town pictures, fireplace and TV at one end. The smaller room to the side is largely for dining. The pub was quite busy for an early evening but service was efficient and the ambience was welcoming enough. Despite all the enticing aspects of the pub it is let down a little by a disappointingly mainstream selection of beers with the 3 ales comprising of Old Speckled Hen, Doom Bar and Adnams Broadside. It’s a pub that certainly has its own charms and merits but is probably not somewhere that warrants going widely out of the way for