Inn · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Porch House
An inn with 13 rooms on Digbeth Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, which calls itself England's oldest inn.
Dog-friendly
It claims to be England's oldest inn; we have not been able to check that, but it is a characterful place to stay, with beams and stone walls, and food from breakfast to dinner every day.
- Good: Food every day, with breakfast to 11.30am
- Good: Breakfast included when you book direct
- Good: Some dog-friendly rooms, £20 a dog
- Worth knowing: Say you are bringing a dog before you book
- Worth knowing: No parking mentioned on its website
About
The Porch House at 1 Digbeth Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, is an inn with rooms, part of the Honeycomb Houses group, a short walk from the market cross. It calls itself England's oldest inn, a claim we have not been able to confirm; the building has beamed ceilings and stone walls.
There are 13 rooms, from a snug room to a suite with a roll-top bath, all en suite and with free wifi. Breakfast is included when you book direct. Some rooms take dogs, with bowls and treats, for £20 a dog; tell the inn before you book and call to check a dog-friendly room is free. Check-in is at 3pm and check-out at 11am.
The bar and restaurant open every day from 8am. Breakfast runs to 11.30am, lunch from 12 to 3pm (to 5pm on Sundays) and dinner from 5pm to 9pm, or to 7pm on Sundays. Tables and private spaces can be booked through its website.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 08:00
| Mon | Opening | Breakfast | Food served |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 08:00 to 22:30 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:00 to 22:30 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 to 22:30 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 to 22:30 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 23:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 15:00, 17:00 to 21:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 22:00 | 08:00 to 11:30 | 12:00 to 19:00 |
Food served: Sunday lunch from 12 to 5pm, then dinner to 7pm.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Rooms
- 13
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Wi-Fi · Dogs in rooms · Private dining
Photos
The dining room 
The fireside room 
A bedroom 
From the kitchen
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Old Bakery Tearoom 0.1 km away
- The Sheep on Sheep Street 0.1 km away
- The Kings Arms, Stow 0.1 km away
- The Old Butchers 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Market cross, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Monument · Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow's market cross stands in the southern half of the Market Square: a medieval calvary and socket stone, probably of the fourteenth century, carrying a shaft and lantern head restored in 1878 and again in 1995, when its four carved panels were restored. Grade II and scheduled.
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St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Edward's is Stow-on-the-Wold's Grade I parish church, beside the Market Square, with a fifteenth-century tower seen across the wold and a north door framed by two yews. Royalist prisoners were held inside after the battle of 1646. Open daily.
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St Mary's Church, Lower Swell
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Mary's at Lower Swell, a mile west of Stow, is two churches in one: a twelfth-century nave and chancel, now the south aisle and chapel, beside a larger church of 1852. Its Norman doorway has a Tree of Life tympanum and its old chancel arch rare carvings. Grade II*.
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Pineapple Spa, Lower Swell
Sight · Historic building · Stow-on-the-Wold
The Pineapple Spa is a row of cottages beside the B4068 between Lower Swell and Stow-on-the-Wold that began as a spa over a mineral spring found in 1807, with a front in the Indian style of Sezincote and a stone door hood crowned by a pineapple. Grade II*; private.