A former Jacobean banqueting hall, owners Spitting Feathers Brewery won a CAMRA English Heritage Conservation and Conversion to Pub Use award in 2009. Charles I stayed in the Grade II listed building in 1645 and, behind a perspex panel, part of the original wall can still be seen. Reached by fifteen steps from the street, this city centre pub's stone floors, high ceilings and tapestries create a terrific ambience. A comprehensive, changing list of real ales from micros, many regional, complements the house beers from their own brewery in nearby Waverton. The food is inventive and freshly prepared.