Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Inn · Moreton-in-Marsh
The Swan Inn, Moreton
An inn with eight rooms in a Grade II listed nineteenth-century building on Moreton-in-Marsh's High Street, with pub food five days a week.
Eight rooms in a listed stone building on the High Street, with pub food five days a week and breakfast across the road.
- Good: Eight rooms in the middle of town
- Good: Pub mains from about £15 to £25
- Worth knowing: Kitchen closed Wednesday and Thursday
- Worth knowing: Breakfast is across the road at Lynwood & Co
- Worth knowing: A voluntary 10% service charge is added to food bills
About
The Swan Inn is a pub with eight rooms in a Grade II listed building of Cotswold stone on the High Street in Moreton-in-Marsh, at the corner of Bourton Road and the Fosse Way. Historic England dates the building to the middle of the nineteenth century, built in the manner of about 1700, and the Victoria County History records the Swan as open by 1842. The inn's own history says the building was also the town's post office until 1933, when the post office moved to New Street. It changed hands recently and is run by its landlord, Simon.
The pub menu runs from small plates to share, such as baked Camembert and burrata, to pies, lamb shank, sausage and mash and a rump steak, with mains from about £15 to £25 and vegetarian dishes throughout. It is served on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with a separate Sunday menu, and the kitchen is closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. A voluntary 10% service charge is added to food bills.
Rooms are booked online. The inn's booking page lists twin, double, four-poster and family rooms, all with en-suite showers and none with a bath; the family room sleeps four but is not meant for four adults, guests must be 8 or over, the four-poster room is for adults only, and there are no extra beds or cots. Breakfast is served across the road by the neighbouring café, Lynwood & Co, until 11am. Wifi is free. The inn suits a night or two in town within a few minutes' walk of the station and the Tuesday market.
Opening hours and season
The main menu is served Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, with a Sunday menu; the kitchen is closed Wednesday and Thursday. Food times are not published.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Gluten-free dishes
- Rooms
- 8
- Features
- Bar · Wi-Fi
- History
- An inn by 1842; listed building of the mid nineteenth century
Photos
The bar Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
A pint in the bar Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The inn from the junction Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Manor House 0.1 km away
- The Redesdale 0.1 km away
- The White Hart Royal Hotel 0.2 km away
- The Black Bear Inn 0.2 km away
Sights nearby
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Curfew Tower, Moreton-in-Marsh
Sight · Historic building · Moreton-in-Marsh
The Curfew Tower is a small sixteenth-century stone bell tower on the corner of Moreton-in-Marsh's High Street and Oxford Street, perhaps the town's oldest public building, with a bell of 1633, a clock of 1648 and a past as the town lock-up.
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Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh
Sight · Historic building · Moreton-in-Marsh
Redesdale Hall is Moreton-in-Marsh's market hall of 1887, standing in the middle of the High Street: designed by Sir Ernest George for Bertie Mitford of Batsford, later Lord Redesdale, with an arched ground floor, a clock turret and a tall chimney. Listed Grade II.
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St Mary's Church, Batsford
Sight · Church · Moreton-in-Marsh
St Mary's is the estate church of Batsford, near Moreton-in-Marsh: rebuilt in 1861 and 1862 for the Mitford family in a neo-Norman style, with a spired tower, an apsidal chancel, Kempe glass and monuments to the Freemans and Mitfords. Grade II*.
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St Peter and St Paul, Blockley
Sight · Church · Blockley
St Peter and St Paul is Blockley's church by the square, founded about 800 by its own account: a late twelfth-century chancel, medieval brasses, Childe and Rushout monuments and a tower of 1725 to 1727 attributed to the Woodwards. Grade II*, open daily and Father Brown's church.