(Elham)

The above picture shows the East Kent Hunt outside the Rose and Crown. Date unknown. All above photos by Paul Skelton, 22 Aug 2008.

The Rose and Crown is a 16th Century building which was extended and re-fronted in the Georgian Fashion and shows a date stone of 1740. For many years the Inn served as a coaching stop on the way to Dover and the coast. It is said that the man upon whom Baroness Orczy modelled her fictional hero of the French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel, used to stop and dine at the Rose and Crown while he waited for a fresh horse to carry him to the coast for one of his real-life dashes to France to rescue some doomed aristocrat from the guillotine.

The Rose and Crown offers a a range of fine Real Ales earning it's inclusion in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. These ales are supplemented by an extensive bar and A La Carte menu served in the lounge bar or non-smoking dining room.

The pub also has six en-suite guest bedrooms refurbished to an extremely high standard in the Stable Block.

There is a beautiful patio and lovely garden with views across the Elham Valley.

Above details taken from their web site at the following address:- http://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk

Kelly's Directory 1899 describes the inn as being a family and commercial hotel with good stabling.

LICENSEE LIST

NOBEL William 1847-58+

BECK William 1874+

WILSON William 1882+

WILSON Mrs Sarah 1899+

From Bagshaw Directory 1847

From Melville's Directory 1858

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Kelly's Directory 1899