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The Sun Inn

The Sun Inn is a Grade II listed, parlour pub in Leintwardine, Herefordshire, England. [1] [2]

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [3]

The 200+ year old establishment, [4] one of the UK's last remaining parlour pubs, [2] [4] had been owned and operated by resident [5] Flossie Lane, who was born in the Sun Inn in 1914, [6] and took over ownership more than 70 years ago, until her death in June 2009 [2] aged 94. [4]

Without anyone to take her place, there had been fears that it would be sold for redevelopment, [2] but with the help of CAMRA, and the Save the Sun Inn campaign, [4] [7] the pub was purchased from Flossie's nieces, who were keen for it to remain a pub, [4] by a neighbour and friend of Flossie's and a local brewery owner. [2]

The new owners added a rear pavilion-style extension which has become the main bar venue. The original two front rooms remain, a red-brick public bar and the more comfortable parlour.

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England, "Sunn Inn, Leintwardine (1392362)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 20 August 2014
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 What's Brewing (Newspaper of the Campaign for Real Ale), December 2009
  3. ↑ Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St. Albans: CAMRA. pp. 46–47. ISBN   9781852493042.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Locals buy pub with no bar". BBC News Hereford and Worcester. 11 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Herefordshire's landlady of 'Britain's best pub' dies, aged 94 , Hereford Times, 25 June 2009
  6. ↑ Obituaries: Flossie Lane , Telegraph.co.uk, 19/06/2009
  7. ↑ Save the Sun Inn Campaign Homepage

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