The Three Swans Hotel, Market Harborough

An old, listed and much extended hotel with a public bar at the front facing onto the High St. It had a famous landlord, John Fothergill, in the 1930s who wrote books about his three inns*, he was a total snob and famously rude but latched onto the then obsession with “ye olde english inn” among the motoring middle classes. He has been compared to Basil Fawlty. Nowadays it’s much like any bland upmarket hotel bar in feel and decor with a mix of old and new, light wood, laminate flooring, a weirdly padded seat and odd decor items. A few old photos of, mostly the town’s grammar school also decorate the place. Two rooms, the one at the back is similar but less odd and both are serviced by the central servery. Beer wise three pumps with two from nearby Langton, both average malty brown beers and a blank third. Usual crop of Guinness and mainly latin lagers, it also advertises beers from local Partizan Brewing of Thorpe Langton. * They were The Spreadeagle, Thame, The Royal Hotel, Ascot and The Three Swans.

Official site of The Three Swans Hotel - threeswans.co.uk