4/5 Mike773 U. 1 year ago on Google
29/09/22:
not
the
first,
and
won't
be
the
last
visit
here.
Been
coming
for
as
long
as
I
can
remember.
We
enjoyed
a
very
good
pint
of
Titanic
Plum
Porter
4.9%
and
a
pub
staple.....
Pork
Scratchings!
The
City
Arms
was
once
a
weaver's
cottage
and
is
over
200
years
old;
it
has
green
leathers,
quilted
stools,
that
smell
you
hated
as
a
kid
but
have
grown
to
recognise
as
a
true
pub
smell,
and
of
course,
a
great
selection
of
beer
and
ales.
It's
small,
cozy
and
even
offers
books
to
read.
It
has
all
the
comforts
of
home
and
all
the
sensual
triggers
that
take
you
to
that
safe
and
secure
place
you
feel
in
a
good
old
fashioned
pub.
Grade
II
Listed
Building
The
layout
of
this
late
18th-century
pub
derives
from
a
refurbishment
around
1900
but
some
fittings
are
inter-war
whilst
designation
as
a
‘Tetley
Festival
Ale
House’
in
the
1970s
introduced
further
changes
such
as
the
bar-back
and
panelling
in
the
public
bar
(front).
Through
the
left-hand
door
is
a
passage
with
tiled
floor
and
attractive
dado
tiling.
Halfway
down,
a
hatch
still
offers
service
from
the
back
of
the
servery.
Inside
are
two
small
rooms
on
different
levels
with
a
widish
gap
between
them.
As
noted,
the
public
bar
with
its
bare
wood
floor
and
fixed
seating,
has
seen
post-war
changes.
Much
of
the
rear
saloon
décor
is
from
the
1930s:
an
Art
Deco
fireplace
with
bevelled
mirror
in
the
mantelpiece,
dado
panelling,
baffles
and
(probably)
the
‘ladies’
stained
glass
panel.
Another
wooden
floor
here
but
the
fixed
seating
seems
quite
recent.
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