Country type, 54, turned up to have beer (8)
I believe the answer is:
villager
'country type' is the definition.
(villagers typically live in the countryside)
'54 turned up to have beer' is the wordplay.
'54' becomes 'liv' (Roman numerals).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to have' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beer' becomes 'lager' (type of beer).
'liv' reversed gives 'vil'.
'vil'+'lager'='VILLAGER'
(Other definitions for villager that I've seen before include "All-giver? (anag)" , "not a City type" , "Rural dweller" , "Denizen of a small settlement" , "One in Hamlet" .)