Heathcote Arms

Originally a terrace of four cottages built in the mid-18th century to house four sons of a local farmer from whom the Heathcote family rented farmland. In 1811, following the death of the sons’, an aunt of the Heathcote family moved into the cottages and decided to turn them into a public house and as her maiden name was Heathcote she called it The Heathcote Arms. Following the aunts death in 1831 the pub stayed in the Heathcote family for some time before passing through numerous hands and eventually becoming owned by Everards from 1920 onwards. The pub consists of a public bar, lounge bar and a large restaurant. Out the back is the former stable/pig-sty/cattle-shed converted in 1926 into a skittles long alley which now also doubles as a function room. Adjacent to the car-park is a covered decked area furnished with three leather settees and a tarmacked area with picnic tables. Behind the skittles alley are a larger car-park, a lawn with childrens play equipment and a secluded paved patio with garden furniture.