A rare treat is number 27 Alfred Place. Built in the
early 1800s, this cottage was once an alehouse.

Unlike a traditional public house, you couldn't go
inside but instead served through a window on the
side of the building in Warwick Road. Yes, that little arched one with the decorative lighthouse.

A past owner of the building recalled that the small window inside had a built-in drawer to hold change,
and when she asked about it, the story emerged
that it used to be an Ale House. We don't know if this building preceded the Egremont pub and brewery up the road.

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