About The Gardener's Arms

The Gardener's Arms was originally built circa 1560 as four farmworkers cottages for the local farm estate, and then consequently converted into one building to become a licensed premises in 1926, then owned by the Day family.

Although the original ceilings and floors were covered over at this time much of the features downstairs are still in place including a magnificent walnut beam over the fireplace in the lounge.

The roof was thatched untill 1962 when a tiled roof was completed just before a major snowstorm and some locals can still remember extra hands being drafted in to complete the project!

Much of the surrounding housing has been built on the original Gardener's Arms plot including in 1937, "For the preparation of the fields to the south of the Gardener's Arms for the providing of housing stock to the disadvantaged" in other words the sale of the land was for council houses!

The concrete boundary wall was completed in 1938 and still exists running from Silver Street to Tweentown dissecting the respective rear gardens of Orchard Way and Orchard Close. This wall was the only feature of the planned intentions all through the war and the existing estate was begun in earnest in 1947. Interesting, the public right of way that exists between Silver Street and Tweentown (clearly visible in some of the old photos in the bar) is now Orchard Way.

Looking for clues in and around The Gardener's Arms is quite good fun, look for the original door access to the cottages through the four feet thick walls and count the chimney pots, one for each cottage!

  Jo and Nick Barrett took over in 2005, Jo is in fact a decendant of the original owner in 1926, unfortunately he lost the Pub in a game of poker so now its finally back in the family!

The pub has been redecorated to reveal many of the original features and the garden area to the rear has been laid out with decking and new flower borders created.