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Cherry Tree


The pub has previously been known as the ‘Railway’ and a 1940 picture shows it as a hotel offering tea and accommodation.


In the 1920s a pig club held meetings in the, then, Railway Inn


Once an Ushers pub it became a free house for a while and is now owned by Wadsworth Brewery in Devizes.

 

In 1950 the Spy, Klaus Fuchs, ate here.


A 1983 CAMRA guide mentions the ‘unusual but dangerous’ automatic snuff-taking machine in the pub, there is also the quaint riddle fireplace.


For a more detailed history of this pub please click here


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The Cherry Tree and the 'riddle' fireplace

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