New management from May 2023. Carpetted and furnished with a variety of tables, chairs and upholstered fixed seating. Garden seating includes booths. Reopened 21 September 2021 reverting to original name after refurbishment. Originally the Horse & Groom, (and prior to that the Bricklayers' Arms until 1882) and officially known by its nickname the Dark House (see sign on east wall) from 1984 until 1994, reverting to its original name until 1997 when it became the Kilkenny Tavern.