Some pubs should be museums: on visiting The George Inn

Some pubs should be museums: on visiting The George Inn

We finally made it to what might be the oldest pub in England, The George Inn at Norton St Philip in Somerset, and found it disappointing. Where is its sense of the past? We first heard about it from a book Ray’s parents gave him for Christmas about 15 years ago, Somerset Pubs by Andrew Swift and Kirsten Elliott. We both said, crikey, look at that, we really must visit some time. Then didn’t. When we attempted to answer the question of which is …