Blue plaque № 57096

Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Porch House. This is claimed to be the oldest pub in England with timbers carbon dated to the 10th century. It was built on the orders of Aethelmar, a Cornish Saxon Duke as a hospice to accommodate pigrims, and was subsequently run by the Knights Hospitallers. Inside look for the witch marks etc

hed into a 16th century fireplace in the dining room. They are there to ward off evil spirits. The building was redesigned in 1615 with a porch added by Thomas Shellard. In the 1850s it was three buil

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