The original Crown Hotel was built in the early 1900's. It was not just a pub, but a hotel with rooms to rent upstairs. This building was demolished in 1965 and the land was purchased by Bellways the Builders. Bellways built a supermarket, Moores, on the same site with the "The Rose and Crown" public house above the supermarket. The pub re-opened on 6th of January 1966.

The first landlord, who was a temporary Manager of the newly reopened pub, was a Mr Jepperson. He was there for only four months. Mr Jack Collins became the permanent manager in September of the same year and he was there for approximately 13 years. Other managers over the years were; Mr Jack Henderson; Mr Andy Nichol; and prior to her taking over the Coachmans Pub, Mrs Pat Hudson.

The pub closed again in 1999, but this time for only one month for major refurbishment. On the 16th of July it re-opened. The pub almost reverted back to its original design with pub facilities being on two floors. The upstairs has a lounge and function room and downstairs a very large bar with pool table.

The change of name, to Ye Olde Lang Jack, caused a few problems. The regulars of the pub went as far as starting up a petition to get the breweries to revert back to the old name of 'The Rose & Crown'. These people actually managed to get 64 names on their list requesting the owners to retain the old name but to no avail. The owners did not even acknowledge their complaint.

Just as a matter of interest, the bus route timetable still calls the pub by its former name of 'The Rose and Crown' and even the locals still refer to the pub as 'The Crown'.