Sun Inn
The Sun Inn is a Grade II listed, parlour pub in Leintwardine, Herefordshire, England SY7 0LP.[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] at 95 years old.[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]
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Sunn Inn, Leintwardine (1392362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 What's Brewing (Newspaper of the Campaign for Real Ale), December 2009
- ↑ Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St. Albans: CAMRA. p. 46-47. ISBN 9781852493042.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Locals buy pub with no bar". BBC News Hereford and Worcester. 2009-11-11.
- ↑ Herefordshire's landlady of 'Britain's best pub' dies, aged 94, Hereford Times, 25 June 2009
- ↑ Obituaries: Flossie Lane, Telegraph.co.uk, 19/06/2009
- ↑ Save the Sun Inn Campaign Homepage
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Coordinates: 52°21′34″N 2°52′25″W / 52.3594°N 2.8735°W