GalleryHave a look around.
A few more corners of The Crown, restored and reopened by the people who own it - the ones that don’t appear elsewhere on the site.
The RoomsInside - beams, brass and the bar itself.
Through the original timbers, from bar to restaurantIn from the front doorThe restaurant, and the doors out to the gardenThe Snug, laid out for a private lunchFireside, with flowers from the gardenStone, beam and a place for your coat The BuildingThatch, timber, and the garden out front.
The village green in the last of the lightNew planters going in out frontA thatcher at work below the chimneyBundles of wheat straw, waiting to go upThe sign and the planters, last of the lightEtched into the glass: a community owned pubFeeding the new extractor flue up to the chimney stackThe flue liner, coiled and waiting to go in Village LifeThe people the pub belongs to.
Tony Hadley and Cuddington patrons enjoying a pint on a Friday afternoonMusic at The Crown, Sunday 13 SeptemberA wave from under the signThe board out on the greenLive music in the marqueeGood company round the tableQuiz Night, Tuesday 29 SeptemberReading out the questionsA table by the inglenookBringing the community togetherWell-behaved dogs on leads are always welcomeWalkers in off the ChilternsSettled in on a coat by the stone wallA spot by the fireplaceUnder the sign on a summer eveningThe garden on a sunny eveningAfternoon in the sunRound the table, drinks in hand Putting It Back TogetherVolunteers, paint and a new sign - how it got from bought to open.
The new sign, up at lastGetting it up the ladderFitting the new logoTwo coats and a dark ceilingEvery inch of it scrubbed by handClearing the bar, props still inBuilding the benches out frontA volunteer, admiring his workThe front door, with a fresh coat Better still, come and see it.
