Tucked under the Tithe Barn Hotel, The Tithe Tap is the Collective's late-night corner — reclaimed pews, dressed sandstone, and a tightly edited bar of small-producer gins, classic cocktails and Cumbrian spirits. Open from late afternoon, Wednesday through Sunday.
The story
The Tap is what happened when the Tithe Barn's old cellar — sandstone walls, a low barrel-vaulted ceiling, the same dressed stone as the threshing floor above — was emptied out and given over to the bar team.
Reclaimed church pews line the walls; the bar itself is a single slab of elm. The list is tight on purpose: thirty or so small-producer gins, a handful of classic cocktails done properly, Cumbrian whiskies and a couple of low-intervention wines.
It opens late Wednesday through Sunday, runs a quiet vinyl night on Thursdays, and is the kind of place that fills up by ten without ever feeling busy.
Best for
- A late drink after dinner in town
- Gin & classic cocktail drinkers
- Couples — small, dim, no music too loud
- Hotel guests who don't want to walk far
The detail
- Gin & cocktail bar
- Open Wed–Sun
- Pew seating
- Beneath the hotel
