The Rose & Crown in Ludlow is a charming , historic, atmospheric pub with lots of little nooks and cosy corners. The log fire was in full effect too, its that time of the week it's : Love your Local.
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00:00So we're here in Ludlow at the fantastic Rose and Crown Jewels pub and Ben you're part of the team?
00:05Yes, so my wife Jess is the landlady who runs the business.
00:09Cool, for people who haven't been here, describe the pub, it's full of historical features.
00:14So it started, the records go back to the 1100s as a coaching inn and then
00:23it was transformed into the Rose and Crown pub dating 1300s.
00:29Jewels bought it back in 2016, renovated, keeping all the features of the pub as natural as possible.
00:40Well I've just learned that that old back wall in the pub there,
00:43that was actually part of a monastery?
00:45Yes, yeah part of the monastery that was in Ludlow dating 1100s.
00:49So does that date it older than the castle?
00:51It does indeed, yeah.
00:51That's crazy isn't it really?
00:53I'm sure it comes with all its old quirks, you know keeping on top of a building at this age.
00:58But just describe it then, so it's a lot of wood, wood panelling, that warmth of wood as they say?
01:05Yes, so the mouse bar which is on the right as you walk in is
01:10made out of reclaimed pieces of wood from Robert Thomas the Mouseman.
01:15Who's Robert Thomas? That rings a bell, Robert Thomas the Mouseman.
01:17He used to carve mice or animals into his work to identify it as his own.
01:23Was he a Ludlow man then?
01:25He was North Shropshire I believe.
01:27Okay yeah, so it's got its historical and yeah.
01:33Jewels are good at that aren't they?
01:34They find these amazing kind of quirky little features and kind of you know salvage them
01:39and then repurpose them.
01:40So Jewels, when they take on a new venue for the estate, they like to reuse materials rather than buying new.
01:50It's a very eco-friendly model.
01:52And what's going down well in terms of what you're serving up on the bar at the minute?
01:57So the core range, the Slumbering Monk, Pale Ale and Blonde.
02:02Slumbering Monk is our best seller of those, of the Jewels range.
02:06And is it, what do they call it, a wet pub? Is it big on the food as well?
02:10Wet and dry, so we do a lot of food and then we do a lot of wet sales as well.
02:16Cool and do you have events here at all?
02:17Yes, so we tend to have music every weekend.
02:20Since opening in December 23, we've had music on every weekend since opening.
02:26What's, what's, we talk, like guitars?
02:29So we do a range of things, tend to be more towards the guitar, pub rock.
02:35Yeah.
02:35But we had had a few electronic music events.
02:38Okay, that's cool.
02:39It's gone down quite well with the crowd.
02:41Yeah, yeah.
02:41We've had varied ages of people that come to the venue.
02:45And I'm guessing it's a mix of regulars, locals and tourists, is that how it works?
02:49Yes, yeah, regulars, tourists and locals.
02:51Yeah.
02:52Is any ghost stories or anything?
02:54So our cellar man, Sarge, reliably informs us there's a ghost that lives in the cellar.
02:59Yeah.
03:00He's dated back to the 1200s.
03:02Yeah.
03:02So he's had a good chat with him.
03:04That's good stuff, I love a, I love a good old guy story.
03:08A few, back in 2017, the restaurant was mysteriously condimented, shall we say.
03:15Yeah.
03:15And there was no explanation for it.
03:17The cameras didn't show anything.
03:18No way.
03:19So, do, do, do.
03:22Cheers, Ben.
03:23Well, thank you for letting us have a look round and good luck in future business at the pub.
03:26Cheers, buddy.
03:27Thank you very much.
03:27Cheers.