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Eat and drink · Sapperton and Frampton Mansell
The Crown Inn, Frampton Mansell
An old village inn at Frampton Mansell, by its own account a seventeenth-century cider house, with log fires, local ales, a big garden and views over the Golden Valley, open every day.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
An old village inn with fires for winter, a garden over the Golden Valley for summer and food every day, including all afternoon on Sundays. Children and dogs are welcome. Ring ahead for a group, especially on wet days.
- Good: Open every day, noon to 11pm
- Good: Log fires and views over the Golden Valley
- Good: Children and dogs welcome
- Good: Local ales and a guest pump
- Good: Twelve en-suite rooms in an annex, and a car park
- Worth knowing: Ring ahead for groups, especially in winter
About
The Crown stands in Frampton Mansell, a mile west of Sapperton along the side of the Golden Valley. The inn calls itself a seventeenth-century cider house and dates its building to 1633; Historic England lists it at Grade II as a late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century inn. It is open every day from noon to 11pm.
Inside are log fires, beams and stone walls; outside, a large garden and wide views over the valley. The food is home-cooked and traditional, from local ingredients, with Sunday roasts and specials that change; it is served from noon to 2.30pm and 6pm to 9pm from Monday to Saturday, and from noon to 8.30pm on Sundays and bank holidays. The bar keeps local ales, regularly OPA, Tom Long, Uley Bitter, Laurie Lee's, Wicked Lady and Coachman, with a guest pump that changes.
Children and dogs are welcome in the pub. The inn suggests a call before bringing a group, above all in winter or on wet days, when the garden is not in use. There are twelve en-suite bedrooms in a separate annex, each with a bath and shower, in double, twin and family rooms, and a car park. Expedia lists pets as allowed in the rooms for £5 a night per room, though it does not say which rooms, so ask when you book. To find it, turn north off the A419 opposite Jolly Nice; the inn is about three-quarters of a mile up, in the middle of the village.
From the village, walk along the valley side to Sapperton church or down to Daneway and the canal tunnel portal. Jolly Nice, the farm shop on the A419 below, does breakfast and coffee from 9am.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Tue 10, 12:00
| Mon | Opening | Food served |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 23:00 | 12:00 to 20:30 |
Food served: Bank holidays noon to 8.30pm
Food all afternoon on Sundays and bank holidays. The booking link is for rooms; ring for a table.
The details
- Food
- Pub classics
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Rooms
- 12
- Check-in
- 3pm to 10pm (Expedia listing)
- Check-out
- By 11am (Expedia listing)
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Views · Open fire · Real ale · Bar · Restaurant · Parking · Dogs inside
- History
- Grade II listed, late 17th or early 18th century
Photos
The inn from the lane Photo: Vieve Forward, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The inn above the Golden Valley Photo: Mike Finn, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr 
The inn sign by the lane Photo: Mike Finn, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr
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