Church House Inn

Holne, Nr. Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7SJ

Telephone: 01364 631208

 

Welcome to the first draft of the new web page for the Church House, Holne. It offers the most important information you might need, while we develop a more detailed and interactive site. Thanks for hitting on this page and please call us for any further information you may need.

Victoria Parr, Colette & Andrew Wright

 

 

Brief History: The only Church House Inn within the Dartmoor National Park boundary, the building was originally erected by and for the stonemasons who constructed the adjacent St. Mary’s Church and its visiting clergy. The inn has continued to serve the local community and visitors since 1329, offering comfortable lodgings, good, local food and ales and an interesting selection of wines at fair prices and in unspoilt, traditional surroundings. We look forward to the next 700 years!

 

Accommodation: Six bedrooms, all en-suite or with private bathroom, central heating, television and tea making facilities. A put-you-up bed for an accompanying child is available. Well behaved pets with own beds welcome - £4.00 per night. Most rooms with fine views.

 

Tariff/Prices:

Bed and breakfast

Till Wednesday 22nd March

£28.50 per person/night

Friday 23rd March – end October

£34 per person/night

 

OR stay & pay 2 nights +  have 1free

Stay & pay 4 + nights –  have 1 free

Dinner, bed & breakfast

Till Wednesday 22nd March

£46 per person/night

Friday 23rd March – end October

£52 per person/night

 

Food:  Selection from the a la carte menu: Pan-fried scallops with bacon, Trio of smoked fish,           Spicy lentil soup, Braised shank of lamb, Rabbit casserole, Fish Pie, Fillet of pork with        paprika, chorizo and cream, Salmon with orange & herb crust, Spinach & cheese roulade

          Special Table d’hote for residents – three courses & coffee or an allowance for a la carte

          Sunday traditional roast - £10.50 two courses, £13.50 for three, or just a main course or        snacks

          Sample “closers”: Poached pear in red wine, Lemon ginger crunch, Traditional bread     pudding, Local cheeses

 

Drinks: Hand-pulled west-country ales, Stowfords cider and an interesting wine-list – including       English - with over a dozen by the glass.

 

Opening hours: From Sunday 5th November 2006 until further notice

Sunday  Lunchtime

 

                Evening

12.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Last food orders 2.00 p.m.

9.00 p.m. – 11.00 p.m. ((Dining room closed))

Monday to Thursday Lunchtime

 

                                  Evening

12.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Last food orders 2.00 p.m.

7.00 p.m. – 11.30 p.m.

Last food orders 8.30 p.m.

Friday & Saturday Lunchtime

 

                              Evening

 

12.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Last food orders 2.00 p.m.

7.00 p.m. – 11.30 p.m.

Last food orders 8.45 p.m.

 

Surroundings: Set amidst some of the most beautiful countryside in England, Holne is a tiny, quintessential , largely stone-built village, five minutes from open moorland and exquisite views down into the river Dart valley or to the coast of Torbay and Dartmouth.

 

Attractions: Apart from the countryside itself, there almost limitless things to please, catering for those with an interest in wild life (in zoo or in the open), landscape, walking, photography, gardens, domestic farms, ponies, otters and butterflies, antiques, old trains, Victorian England, miniature villages, trekking, cycling, the National Trust or English Heritage, the sea and boats . . . whew! . . . and so on!!. Ring for more and we’ll gladly suggest an itinerary and further sources of information for your stay.

 

Directions: Holne stands 4 miles distant and 300 feet up from the A38 Devon Expressway, approximately half way between and 24 miles from both Exeter and Plymouth.

          From Exeter take the 2nd Ashburton turn-off, signed Princetown (DON’T turn into Ashburton itself, unless you particularly wish to). Travel about 2.5 miles along this road in the direction of Princetown and Two Bridges, turning left where signed to Holne and Hexworthy, at the top of a steep little wooded hill – just after the Holne Chase Hotel; after 1.25 miles follow the sign to the left down into the village centre.

          From Plymouth take the 2nd Buckfastleigh/Buckfast Abbey turn-off. Follow the signs to Buckfast and its abbey, turning right at the first mini-roundabout, left at the second then up the steep hill past the entrance to the abbey and right at the top of the hill – signed to Scoriton & Holne. Follow this lane, without turning off, for about 3.5 miles and you will come into the village centre.

The Church House stands on the cross roads.

 

How to contact us: Just for now, please phone 01364 631208. If calling outside pub hours, please leave a message and we’ll ring you back the same day.

 

 

Church House Inn, Holne; telephone 01364 631208