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Crown Inn - (Bed and Breakfast Hotel) Crown Hill Fontmell Magna Dorset England SP7 0PA Telephone 01747 811441 Fax 01747 811145 Historic Country Pub with Acclaimed Restaurant, Bed & Breakfast. Single from £35 Listed in Les Routiers, Time Out Eating Out in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hidden Place of England for Dining and Accommodation. Jon & Liz Neilson took over The Crown Inn during February 2003. After much needed refurbishment, they promptly moved their established restaurant business over the road from The Old Coach House and installed Chef, Robin Davies, formerly at the Clarence Hotel, Dublin, in the kitchen, where he presides over an award-winning brigade. The combined talents of Jon, Liz and Robin have developed it as a popular dining destination, whilst successfully retaining a "village pub" atmosphere. Local Produce, Small suppliers and fresh food are taken seriously. Bread is baked on the premises, fish is delivered daily from Poole Bay and meat is sourced form local, traceable, herd. Farms in the Blackmore Vale supply diary produce and the cheese board features the local Ashmore Cheddar and Dorset Blue Vinney Cheeses, together with some spectacular English Farmhouse cheeses such as Tournegus, Stinking Bishop and Cornish Yarg. Robin's menus may list classic pub dishes, perhaps Roast Leg of Dorset Lamb, Rib-Eye Steak and Chips and fresh Plaice with prawns and garlic butter. The quality of the ingredients and their presentation are first class. Alternatives may include Coed Fillet with a Pesto Crust and Roast Organic Chicken with Home-mad Bread Sauce. Good puddings (Dorset Apple Cake, Treacle Tart, Dorset Real Cream Champagne & Strawberry Ice Cream), Real Ales from Hall & Woodhouse and good-value wines - eight by the glass. The Crown Inn was once part of the Flowers Brewery of Fontmell, which flourished in the 19th Century before closing in 1911. It is the birthplace of the now world famous "Crown" Bottle top. It is now furnished in the style of the traditional North Dorset Farming Gentry and the light and airy rooms are cosy and comfortable. Real thought has gone into their design. All modern touches, such as television, tea and coffee facilties are available as well. Food Restaurant main course from £8.95. Bar Main Course from £6.95. House wine £7.95. Classic British with traditional French influences. Tariff Four Poster Room with en suite from £70.00 low season (single occupancy from £40.00) Double Room en suite from £60.00 low season (single occupancy from £35.00) Double Room from £55.00 low season (single occupancy from £30) Hours Open all day, 7 days per week. Breakfast, Morning Coffee & Afternoon Teas available all day. Lunches served from 12 noon until 2.30pm Dinner from 6.45pm to 9.30pm daily. Notes Non-smoking dining area and bedrooms. Large garden and Car Park. Children over 9 years old. Dogs welcome. Directions A303 Shaftesbury junction, from Shaftesbury take the A350 to Blandford Forum, pass through Compton Abbas and the Crown Inn is in the centre of Fomtmell Magna. Fontmell Magna is a delightful village, seta at the foot of the Fontmell Down in an area of outstanding natural beaut. It is four miles from the Saxon hill-top town of Shaftesbury, know for its steeply cobbled Gold Hill made famous in the Hovis advertisement. It is an ideal place from which to explore North Dorset and affords many opportunities for walking Click here for our full route finding facility to this establishment A303 Shaftesbury junction. From Shaftesbury take the A350 to Blandford Forum, pass through Compton Abbas and the Crown is in the centre of Fontmell Magna. Jon & Liz Neilson, The Crown Inn, Fontmell Magna, Dorset. SP7 0PA. ENGLAND Telephone: 01747 811441 | ||
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