OUR HISTORY
The original hamstone part of the Inn is estimated to be around 300 years old and was originally the school house. There have been two fires when it was rebuilt and extended from the original stone building.
In December 2021, the business was closed down by the former owners (2007-20220, with sale agreed to become a 10-bedroom boutique hotel to an overseas investor.
By January 2022, with the failure of the sale to become a 10 bedroom boutique hotel, the business, close to permanent closure as a pub and restaurant, with no other purchasers, was sold with no existing trade, stock or bookings, to the current new owner in April 2022 looking to purchase the building for an established and award winning business, looking to expand it’s offering to provide customers with bed & breakfast.
The inn is steadily being refurbished and has comfortable rooms and high-quality service. The inn has a long and interesting history, and it is set to be a popular spot among travellers and guests for years to come.
Tintinhull is a village and civil parish near Yeovil, 2.5 miles (4 km) south west of Ilchester, in Somerset, England. The village is close to the A303. It is on the Fosse Way.
The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2] The surrounding landscape shows evidence of 2000 years of farming.
The parish was headquarters and part of the Tintinhull Hundred.
Most of the buildings are of honey-coloured Ham stone. These include several 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century dwellings such as the 17th-century Tintinhull House[5] at Tintinhull Garden which is now National Trust property, and Tintinhull Court.
Originally a school house
Before being a pub, then restaurant with letting rooms, the building was a school house.
Large spacious gardens
The inn sits in spacious and well tended grounds, although the history has been varied with a variety of uses including the rearing of animals for slaughter for supply to the restaurant.
The Crown & victoria inn is sold to a new owner for bed & breakfast with food events
The Crown & Victoria Inn reopened under new ownership in April 2022.. The new purchaser, Surinder Hothi-Bellamy, is one half of multi-award-winning Indian meal kits, cookery school and events business Pure Punjabi, which she owns with her business partner and daughter Safia Hothi-Bellamy. The Crown & Victoria Inn, which retained its traditional name, operates as a high-quality bed & breakfast, with four double en-suite letting rooms. The premises are currently undergoing the continuing stages of refurbishment. Pure Punjabi, which is named a top 8 U.K. Indian cookery course by Olive Magazine, operates independently from within the beautiful country inn, and attracts customers from acrooss the U.K., who now have the opportunity to take a short break while attending cookery workshops.
The Crown & Victoria bed & breakfast is conveniently located right off the A303
The inn has been a popular and convenient stop-off for travellers looking for an overnight stay when passing through via the A303 and also for visitors doing a tour of the National Trust Gardens