[Tealeaf]

So why does the Stag face in the direction it does face? Well, the answer is very, very simple.

It faces southwest, and hence it gets the maximum sunlight. The back of the pub faces northeast, and hence remains coolest. Well before the days of refrigeration and big breweries, and during the time of Staggeringman’s predecessor bar about a 100, the landlord would have brewed his own beer on the premises. That would have had to be kept somewhere dark and cool (not necessarily in the cellar because pumping and dispensing systems were not available) …so brewing and storage would have taken place at the back of the pub

Meanwhile, any thirsty traveller or local yokel could take advantage sitting directly outside with his pint on a hot summers day and look over the adjoining crossroad and watch the world go by; or, if raining, stay indoors and stare contentedly out the expensive South-West facing windows contemplating the meaning of life and wondering just when someone would invent the Accy Web….