The Ivy House Public House

The Ivy House Public House is a historic English inn and pub located on London Road in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, in the heart of the Chiltern Vale. Described on its own website as a "beautiful flint and brick old English inn," the property is roughly 250 years old and was originally a coaching inn serving travellers on their way to London. It is today operated as a pub and restaurant with guest accommodation, and is listed on Wikidata as a pub in Chalfont St. Giles, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England. The Ivy House positions itself around food, drink and hospitality. Its kitchen serves a fresh, seasonal menu made in-house using quality local produce, and the pub is known for its real ales and an extensive wine list. The bar offers a range from modern craft beers to cask classics. Beyond eating and drinking, the inn provides guestrooms and markets itself as one of the best places to stay in the Chiltern Hills. It also hosts functions including parties, family gatherings, business functions, wakes and small wedding receptions. The pub's facilities include food service, accommodation, historic pub features, family welcome, outside seating, a garden, a free car park, a covered smoking area, baby changing facilities, dogs welcome and real fires. Opening hours listed on the site run from 09:00 to 23:00 Monday through Saturday and 09:00 to 19:30 on Sunday. The licensee named on the website is Alfie Molinaro, and contact details are given as telephone 01494 872184 and email info@theivyhousechalfont.co.uk. A notable part of the inn's local character is its ghost lore. According to the pub's own history, its early days as a coaching inn brought "some pretty shady visitors" travelling through to London, and ghost stories developed from this past. One tale concerns the ghost of a villain who escaped custody while being transported to London, was recaptured and hanged at the inn after murdering a local; another concerns the ghost of a young stable hand reportedly seen by present members of staff. The website notes, with tongue in cheek, that sightings reported after an evening sampling the whisky collection will be discounted. The Ivy House is a privately operated, single-site hospitality business rather than a chain or listed company. Its identity rests on its historic building, its food-and-ale offering and its role as a country inn and place to stay in the Chiltern Hills.

The Ivy House Public House is a historic inn in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern district. According to the pub's own account, the building was constructed around 250 years ago and originally operated as a coaching inn. Coaching inns served travellers and their horses along the main routes of the era, and The Ivy House's position on London Road placed it on a route toward London. The pub's history page states that in its early days it had "some pretty shady visitors on their way through to London." From this early history, ghost stories developed over the years. One tradition holds that the inn is haunted by the ghost of a villain who escaped custody while being transported to London, murdered a local during his attempt to escape, was soon recaptured and was hanged at the inn. Another tradition holds that the ghost of a young stable hand haunts the property and has been seen by present members of staff. The pub presents these stories as part of its local character, noting that some say the 250-year-old inn is haunted by two different ghosts, while also joking that sightings reported after an evening sampling the whisky collection will be discounted. Over time the coaching inn evolved into a modern pub, restaurant and place to stay. Its website describes it as a "beautiful flint and brick old English inn" in the heart of the Chiltern Vale, renowned for its excellent food, real ales and extensive wine list, and offering quaint accommodation. The business today combines dining, drinking and lodging: a fresh, seasonal menu made in-house with quality local produce; a bar ranging from modern craft beers to cask classics; guestrooms marketed as among the best places to stay in the Chiltern Hills; and function facilities for parties, family gatherings, business functions, wakes and small wedding receptions. The pub's listed facilities include food service, accommodation, historic pub features, family welcome, outside seating, a garden, a free car park, a covered smoking area, baby changing facilities, dogs welcome and real fires. Its published opening hours are 09:00 to 23:00 Monday through Saturday and 09:00 to 19:30 on Sunday. The website names Alfie Molinaro as licensee and gives the address as The Ivy House, London Road, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4RS, with telephone 01494 872184 and email info@theivyhousechalfont.co.uk. Wikidata records the establishment simply as a pub in Chalfont St. Giles, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

• The Ivy House is built and begins operating as a coaching inn on the route to London.

• Ghost stories develop from the inn's early history as a coaching inn with 'shady visitors'.

• The property operates as a pub and restaurant with guest accommodation in Chalfont St Giles.

A historic country inn and pub in the Chiltern Hills, positioned around quality food, real ales, an extensive wine list and guest accommodation.

• Fresh, seasonal pub menu made in-house with quality local produce

• Real ales and cask classics

• Modern craft beers

• Extensive wine list

• Whisky collection

• Guestrooms and accommodation

• Function hire for parties, family gatherings, business functions, wakes and small wedding receptions

1. 1Pub & Restaurant | The Ivy House, Chalfont St Gilesivyhousechalfontstgiles.co.uk
2. 2Historic Pub & Restaurant | The Ivy House, Chalfont St Gilesivyhousechalfontstgiles.co.uk
3. 3The Ivy House Public House - Wikidatawikidata.org