The different atmosphere compared to the Coolquoy is down at least in part to that old pub feel. The areas inside the pub are laid out a bit oddly, there's old decoration and equipment - worryingly, we can definitely consider the VCR that's above the bar as part of this - and just generally more of a "proper pub" feel to it; despite the services on offer being basically identical.
An interesting side note here is that, according to a newspaper feature on the pub in the 1980s, this was a Beer House until 1961 - only changing its licence to sell wine and spirits at that point.
I've given up always recording the "round number pubs", particularly as a register change can re-set them on me, e.g. I've got two 600th pubs due to the hefty number of previously visited places which closed in 2021; to the level that I'd need to do a count-back to find out what pub 800 might have been; but this time I'd only updated the register the day before and can confirm this was my 850th.
A decently round number for a decent traditional pub.
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