This imposing pub has undergone a sympathetic restoration with most of the original features still in place, including the horse-shoe shaped bar and its heated foot rail, bell pushes in the lounge, serving hatch and leaded windows. Eight hand pumps dispense a range of beers, including five guest ales. There is a smoking area to the rear and an English menu restaurant upstairs with its own bar.

AWARDS: CAMRA Potteries Pub of the Year 2011 (Merit), 2012 (Merit), 2013 (Merit), 2014 (Merit), 2015 (Merit), 2016 (Merit).