Eat and drink · Shipston-on-Stour
The George Townhouse
A Grade II listed coaching inn on the High Street in Shipston-on-Stour, now a pub, restaurant and 15-bedroom hotel serving breakfast from 8am and an all-day menu, with Brakspear ales.
Dog-friendly
The all-day option on Shipston's High Street: breakfast from 8am, food through the afternoon and a choice of pub, restaurant, conservatory or garden terrace. Useful when the town's other kitchens are shut.
- Good: Breakfast from 8am every day
- Good: Food all day, until 8pm to 9.30pm
- Good: Pub, restaurant, conservatory and garden terrace
- Good: Dog-friendly rooms, £20 a dog a night
- Worth knowing: Only some bedrooms take dogs: say so before you book
About
The George Townhouse is the old coaching inn at 8 High Street, on the east side of the street in Shipston-on-Stour. The building is late eighteenth century with earlier origins and listed Grade II; its listing notes a large arched opening in the front, now blocked, and a stone fireplace said to be sixteenth century. It is now one of the Honeycomb Houses group's inns, with Brakspear ale on the bar and 15 bedrooms upstairs. Inside there is a choice of rooms to eat in: the old pub, a rustic restaurant, a conservatory and a garden terrace.
It is the place in Shipston to eat at almost any hour. Breakfast is served from 8am to 11.30am, or 11am on Sundays, and the all-day menu from noon to 9pm from Monday to Thursday, to 9.30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and to 8pm on Sundays. The menu is seasonal British cooking with local produce, and there are drinks and wine lists and seasonal cocktails.
There is something on most weeks: 2-for-1 cocktails on Thursdays from 6pm, a quiz on the last Sunday of the month and a comedy night on the second Sunday. On Thursday 3 December 2026 a festive wreath workshop runs from 7pm to 9pm, with tickets sold in advance. Dogs are welcome: say when you book a table so you are seated in a dog-friendly spot. Some bedrooms take dogs for £20 a dog a night; tell the inn before you book one. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by 11am. Brakspear, which owns the inn, lists parking, and CAMRA's pub guide notes a car park at the rear, with several steps up into the building from it.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 08:00
| Mon | Opening | Breakfast | Food served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 to 00:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 00:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 21:30 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 22:00 | 08:00 to 11:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 |
Food served: All-day menu
Opens from 8am daily. The bar closes at 11pm from Monday to Thursday, midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and 10pm on Sundays.
The details
- Food
- Modern British · Pub classics
- Serving
- Breakfast · Brunch · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 15
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Restaurant · Bar · Private dining · Real ale · Parking
- History
- Eighteenth-century coaching inn, listed Grade II. Part of Honeycomb Houses
- Parking
- A car park at the rear, listed by Brakspear, which owns the inn, and free by Expedia's listing, which calls it limited; CAMRA notes several steps from it into the building.
Photos
The private dining room 
A bedroom under the eaves 
By the fire in the bar 
A bedroom with blue panelling
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Mrs Browns Tea Rooms
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Sights nearby
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St Edmund's Church, Shipston-on-Stour
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St Martin's Church, Barcheston
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