This pub is not only a grade II listed building, it is also a Two Star pub on the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) National Inventory with an interior of very special national historic interest, and the description is as follows: “In its leafy surroundings, this is more like a country pub than a town one. Part of the right-hand side may date back to the 16th century but outside is mainly a remodelling after a fire in 1891. Inside there is a deliberate attempt, probably dating from the inter-war years, to create an ‘olde worlde’ feel. This is especially apparent in the smaller and lower of the two rooms with its hefty black ceiling beams and imitation half-timbering. The doors and some of the panelling have a deliberately rough texture but this is actually synthetic material. The same manner of work continues, though with a little less bravura, in the larger, L-shaped bar. Both rooms have brick fire surrounds built of small red bricks. It is possible that there has been some degree of rearrangement in the post-war period and it seems unlikely that both rooms would originally have had the largish panelled counters they do today. A reconstructed old barn was linked to the pub and brought into use c.1990.”

The listing description is as follows: “C16 right part of one bay; C19 2-bay left part. 2 storeys. Right part has long lean-to of old tiles down to a modern square bay window, with leaded casements, and modern door. Left part of painted brick with returned gable at right. C19 casements under segmental brick arches. Modern door. 1st floor band and tiled roof. Inside the old part original posts and ceiling beams may be seen. Graded partly for position on important corner site.”

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Case is Altered

The Pubs Heritage Group link is here: PHG/Case is Altered

The Case is Altered featured on the Daytime Crawl of Outer Northern London on 13 October 2007, the Metroland: Daytime Crawl of West Middlesex on 15 October 2016, and features on the Metroland Revisited: Daytime Pub Tour of West Middlesex on 19 October 2024.

Exterior Public Bar Lounge Former Barn Dining Room Exterior 2016 Pub Sign