Inside Britain's weirdest pub where minotaurs and sea monsters rub shoulders ...

While refurbishing his 13th century pub this landlord got a little bit carried away.

With a horse-drawn carriage for a front door, a pumpkin house, and a fire breathing dragon this is 'Britain's most unusual pub'.

Sally Thomson, 64, inherited The Highwayman Inn from her father Buster Jones who had bought the watering hole in Sourton, Devon, in 1959.

Sally Thomson, 64, serves customers alongside her husband, Bruce, 75, but she was only four years old when her parents acquired the pub

Sally Thomson, 64, serves customers alongside her husband, Bruce, 75, but she was only four years old when her parents acquired the pub

A fairytale carriage marks the entrance to the 900-year-old pub which is filled with numerous eclectic items designed to improve footfall

A fairytale carriage marks the entrance to the 900-year-old pub which is filled with numerous eclectic items designed to improve footfall

Built in 1282, despite being modernised by Plymouth Breweries in the 1950s, the 900-year-old pub was not making much money and Buster started a dramatic renovation.

Sally said: 'There are stone walls and big doors that open on to parlours, one of which has a sailing galleon, in that room there is a sea monster that sways towards you.

'There are other doors towards other rooms, each filled with things - one has a 6ft minotaur inside.'

With a strongly Gothic imagination Buster gathered local men to help fell an old oak tree in nearby woodlands.

Built in 1282, despite being modernised by Plymouth Breweries in the 1950s, the 900-year-old pub was not making much money and Buster started a dramatic renovation

Built in 1282, despite being modernised by Plymouth Breweries in the 1950s, the 900-year-old pub was not making much money and Buster started a dramatic renovation

Items include a crystal tree, a Tutankhamun statue, cartwheels, lanterns, and a bellow acquired from a blacksmith which has been turned into a table

Items include a crystal tree, a Tutankhamun statue, cartwheels, lanterns, and a bellow acquired from a blacksmith which has been turned into a table

The tree took seven hours to cut into the pub's two counters and the men were paid in beer - resulting in the last piece of the tree to be cut looking a bit 'squiffy'.

Sally said: 'My father uncovered the original stonework and beams which had been hidden.

'They wanted to get people to come here so he started making it look a bit different and he got completely carried away.

A Minotaur is bathed in green light and hidden inside a doorway to another room. Visitors to the pub are warned not to approach the 6ft monster with a yellow sticky note that reads: 'No entry beyond this point'.

A Minotaur is bathed in green light and hidden inside a doorway to another room. Visitors to the pub are warned not to approach the 6ft monster with a yellow sticky note that reads: 'No entry beyond this point'.

Sally's husband Bruce pours a drink. The two oak bars took seven hours to cut from a tree in nearby woodland. Sally says you can tell which end was cut last as it's 'squiffy' due to the men who cut it being paid in drink

Sally's husband Bruce pours a drink. The two oak bars took seven hours to cut from a tree in nearby woodland. Sally says you can tell which end was cut last as it's 'squiffy' due to the men who cut it being

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