Originally a coaching inn that dates back to at least 1790, the Crown is a traditional pub housed in a typical country-style, half-timbered, late 19th century building.
Chertsey attracted a great deal of coaching trade - there are a further 19 or 20 licensed premises listed for the years 1785 to 1827 in the Licensed Victuallers' Records. By 1845, Chertsey was a small town with a population of 5,347 and the Crown had become the Crown Hotel, a commercial inn.
The Crown was rebuilt in about 1898 specifically for the hotel trade and became a Young’s house soon afterwards. It was altered in 1937. By the 1950’s, demand for hotels had steeply declined and it was decided to develop the Crown as a restaurant. However, in 1990, it was restored to hotel status with the addition of 30 bedrooms. An additional 19 bedrooms were added in 2004, in a building next door to the Crown that originally belonged to C.Head and Sons, carriage builders, and had more recently been used as offices for a marketing company.
