The 2025 restoration and reopening

The Manor House Inn closed in November 2023. The sale announcement from Christie & Co the following year identifies Chickpea Group as the buyer and describes plans to return the pub to use. CAMRA subsequently recorded the reopening date as 1 February 2025.

From skittles to a pizza kitchen

One of the easiest changes to follow is away from the old street frontage. The former skittle alley became a Nole pizza kitchen and the way through towards the terrace. An alley once set aside for a pub game became part of the route between people eating indoors and outside. The current operator publishes the pizza offering separately from the main pub menus. Our food and drink guide explains where to find each.

Reporting ahead of the opening also described the work in the main bar. Flagstones, exposed beams and a fireplace remained features of the room. The resulting inn retained a place to sit over a drink alongside spaces intended for a full meal. An account of the work is a record of the reopening itself. Seating arrangements and service can change later.

Bedrooms in two parts of the property

The reopened business offered four bedrooms above the pub and five in the courtyard. A Guardian visitor in 2008 had counted three guest rooms in an old mews. The contrast is striking, though it gives no basis for matching a present room number to an earlier bedroom. For the layout that matters to a particular stay, use the rooms guide and read the operator’s description of the room being offered.

The frontage before the work

A dated street photograph makes the sequence clearer. Ian Capper photographed the inn in August 2023, before the closure and sale. Neil Owen’s summer views from 2021 provide another angle. Browse the gallery to compare the garden wall, pointed window heads and roofline. The captions give the capture dates, so the pre-refurbishment images can be read on their own terms.