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 1999 Dates vary regarding the age and original purpose. Earliest date given is 1317 but also said to date from late14thC or as late as the mid 15thC. Thought to have been built as a hostel for the nearby monastery by some sources, but Pevsner / Wilson attribute it as a mid 15thC hall house with a shop range at the front with hall and domestic quarters behind. "Once connected by tunnel to Benedictine Monastery". Left by landowner Thomas Randall to his grandsons in 1738, one of several houses in his estate. During the period January 1878 to October 1878 Mr Charles Ayton purchased goods from Bullards to the value of £134/5/-, of which he had only paid £71/5/3d at the time of his death. (1878) (The outstanding debt of £62/19/9d was paid following the death of Mrs. Ayton 26th March 1881). "Most successful of Cann & Clarkes public houses." Prior to WWI the house did not sell mild beer - "so as not to attract the lower classes". Morgans sales for 1960 were :- 65 barrels of beer 10 spirits. (gallons) CAMRA Rural Pub of the Year 2012, 2014 & 2015 Closed 18th February 2023....... Reopened by April 2023 Closed Reopened November 2023 |
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