History
The building dates back over 600 years and has seen many uses. Apart from being a pub, it has been a private house, a school and also a brushmakers which is where it's name originates.The brooms were made of Hazel sticks cut from the hedges that line the roads of the Hampshire countryside. It is thought that the pub may be haunted by a former guest, Mr Chicket. Whilst staying there, he was murdered during a robbery on the premises and his shadowy ghost reputedly haunts the pub looking for his lost money and belongings. There have been reports of footsteps, doors rattling strongly and at least two apparitions being sighted, so maybe Mr Chicket does not haunt alone???
Although there is nothing to say one of the ghosts is related to the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell reputedly used this building as a campaign headquarters for a while in 1644.