The site originally was originally given this name when a wooden shed here was used as a shelter and where horses could be rubbed down.
The first building used as a public house here in 1801 dated from the 1750's.
That building was destroyed by fire in 1857 and plans drawn up in 1863 to replace it with a hotel called the Downs Hotel, supplied by the local Pagden's Brewery.
Since the 1960's the Downs Hotel became known as The Rubbing House again.
It underwent an extensive refurbishment between 2003 - 2004.
Its glass panels, with etchings of race horses and the iron railings on the balcony, were preserved from the earlier building.
Pagden's Brewery was located in Church Street, close to St Martin's Church.
After they were acquired by Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd in September 1921 the brewery building was demolished the following year.
The first building used as a public house here in 1801 dated from the 1750's.
That building was destroyed by fire in 1857 and plans drawn up in 1863 to replace it with a hotel called the Downs Hotel, supplied by the local Pagden's Brewery.
Since the 1960's the Downs Hotel became known as The Rubbing House again.
It underwent an extensive refurbishment between 2003 - 2004.
Its glass panels, with etchings of race horses and the iron railings on the balcony, were preserved from the earlier building.
Pagden's Brewery was located in Church Street, close to St Martin's Church.
After they were acquired by Barclay Perkins & Co Ltd in September 1921 the brewery building was demolished the following year.
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