Sun Inn 2012

The Sun Inn Leintwardine Winter 2012

The Sun Inn has now been under the new ownership of Gary Seymour and Nick Davis for over two years now. They intend to keep it running as a glorious example of "living history". They want to assure everyone that the Sun is in safe sympathetic hands, both for the immediate and the long term future.

A few words from Gary and Nick:

"We recognise that The Sun represents a precious piece of our heritage and we want to maintain it and preserve it intact, as a working example of social history. To that end, the building work which has now been completed has not changed the fabric or interior of the existing building and has been carried out in a sympathetic way.

The premises are listed as an historic Grade II building, essentially a village pub where drinks are served from the barrel store directly to the glass, the glass is then carried to a separate bar area for consumption, there is no servery and no pumps are visible. In short, The Sun is a classic example of a Parlour Pub and we want it to stay that way.
After many months of meetings and consultation it was a great surprise and huge relief when Planning permission and listed building consent was granted on 24th May 2010. We were pleased to see that the planning authority interpreted the way we addressed the difficulties of sympathetically developing a listed building. In summery consent was granted to provide a single story pavilion incorporating a bar and garden room. This extenstion has now been completed and we pleased it is being well used for acoustic music evenings, traditional bar games and community gatherings. From the outset we have been keen to ensure that we use local craftsman to carry out the work using local materials and sustainable technologies, whilst being careful to preserve what is already a gem of a pub.
We opened as often as possible over the last months but because of the essential restoration work we could not to be open all the time and thank everyone for their patience and understanding during this time. Therefore, we are now pleased to confirm that the Sun is now open seven days a week from 11am (17.30 on a Monday)

We are both looking forward to meeting you!"

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See us on the Telly!

We were featured on BBC Breakfast TV when we took over running the Pub. Click here to see the film.

Best in Herefordshire

The Sun Inn at Leintwardine has been named Herefordshire Pub of the Year for 2011, following a vote by members of CAMRA.

Mark Haslam for Herefordshire CAMRA says:
“The Sun Inn has a place in the history of our nation. With their improvements, Gary and Nick have now secured the long term future of the pub, but they haven’t thrown out the baby with the bathwater. It is still a delight to visit this piece of our living past. One can sit in the redbrick bar and almost hear the ghostly echoes of laughter of past generations enjoying themselves after a hard day toiling in the fields. This is truly a place to be treasured.”

Help for Heroes

The Sun Inn celebrated Trafalgar Day with singing by the "Hobsons Inland Sea Shanty Singers and held a Sausage N Cider Festival together both events raised over £360 in aid of "Help for Heroes" Thank-you to all who helped make them such a sucess.

Blessing the Sun

Rev. Mike Catling carried out a "Blessing of the Sun Inn" on Thursday 8th December. This was followed by carols sung by members of the Clungunford Choir.