Early Days

It's a dry day but note the puddle at the front of the pub ... a short shower and this quickly develops into an impressive lake that, given half an hour breeches the cellar trap door and a waterfall ensues!


The two Black Poplars overshadowing the Coach House. Rycote Lane used to run through where the building now stands before its route was moved in the 1930's. Three Parish boundaries meet at the gate to the right between the Coach House and the pub itself. The Coach house is in a different parish to The Three Pigeons. It is likely that the Milton Common gibbet stood on the intersection just beyond the two trees.

The main gate. Ant appears stage right.

The scrub in the foreground conceals layers and even pits of rufuse. The bushes to the left have grown up around dilapidated sheds.

Jarek (l) ant Ant (r) atop the flat roof contemplate the mess.

View from the roof towards the water tower

View from the Main gate across the wasteland that is still being promoted out front as a "pub garden".
The East facade of the pub and the kitchen door. The chef is not one to go far from the kitchen door when it coms to hurling kitchen waste into the undergrowth. A beautifully constructed well has since been discovered just the other side of the fence.
The Coach House.
Once Upon A Time in South Oxfordshire, Jarek (l) and Ant(r), having seen the condition in which the cellars and kitchens are kept, don't stop for lunch. The pub is still open until the end of October when LASSCO takes possession.