Owners Simon and Peter Turner look forward to welcoming you to stay at our small hotel in this historic Duchy town, and want to make sure that you have an enjoyable stay here.
Our History
Parts of The Castle Hotel building date back to mediaeval times, and at one time it contained a steam-powered brewery including a malt house and drying kilns. Using water from its own well, it produced up to 250 gallons of beer a week.
The Hotel itself dates from around 1850, when the front portion of the building was re-built to contain three floors with accommodation on the first and second floors.
On the ground floor is a public bar with three rooms, one of which has a stone floor and a woodburning stove set in a feature carved stone fireplace. The fireplace was carved by a Bradninch stonemason to echo the twisted oaks of Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor.
The Hotel Today
The building has been comprehensively renovated by the current owners to provide guests with modern amenities and comforts in a traditional Grade II listed building.
The hotel is fitted with a comprehensive fire detection and alarm system. For this reason, neither smoking, e-cigarettes nor vaping are allowed anywhere in the building.
As is the case with many older buildings, there is limited headroom in places; please take care, especially on the stairs.
