The Saxon Mill Country Pub & Restaurant occupies a former mill at Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire. To the rear of the pub there is a pedestrian footbridge and weir crossing the River Avon towards Old Milverton. The mill building has been designated as a Grade II listed building.
The mill was originally called 'Gibbeclive Mill' in the 12th century. It was rebuilt in 1822 and remained a working mill until 1938. It was later converted into a restaurant and bar in 1952 and the main water wheel restored. The operating water wheel provides an interesting feature of this wonderful pub with the mill-race still visible through a glass panel in the floor of the main bar.
The pedestrian bridge, at the rear of the pub, crosses the River Avon and allows access to some fantastic local walks. Taking the path to the right provides views of the ruins of Guys Cliffe House.
The ruin of Guys Cliffe House dominates the area, first built in 1751 by Samuel Greatheed. During the 1900s the house was used variously as a private school, a hospital for wounded troops and a home for evacuated children. In the 20th century the estate was broken up and sold off with the house falling into dereliction. The ruins were used for the filming of an episode of “Sherlock Holmes” and, along with regularly held ghost hunts, it adds to the eerie reputation the house now has.
The Guys Cliffe site was first occupied during the Anglo Saxon era when a tiny chapel was built and solitary monks took to living as hermits in the naturally occurring caves below where the house was constructed. The caverns extend out with one of them carved and built into many separate cells, and an inscription from this period is still visible at the back of this chamber. Directly above the caves is a chapel dating back to the early 1400s
Негізгі бет Saxon Mill Pub | River Avon | Ruins of Guys Cliffe House | Warwick
Пікірлер