Wheatsheaf Inn and Chandlers Cottage

The Wheatsheaf Inn and Chandlers Cottage is a traditional English pub, restaurant and small bed-and-breakfast in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It occupies a historic lodging and public house site that the inn's own history dates back to 1668, and the building complex is recognised as a Grade II listed pub and cottage. The inn sits just through the 13th-century Broad Gate at the bottom of Broad Street, straddling the old town ditch, a short walk from St Laurence's Church and Ludlow Castle. The business operates as a single-bar hostelry with plenty of character. One end of the bar has a cosy real fire, while the other end is more food-oriented, and the pub is described as laid-back and refined compared with its rowdy 17th-century past. Above the pub are five stylish letting rooms with en suite bathrooms, televisions and tea- and coffee-making facilities, making the Wheatsheaf both a local pub and a small accommodation provider for visitors to Ludlow. The Wheatsheaf trades under its own name rather than as part of a large pub chain, and its identity is closely tied to its historic building and its location in Ludlow's old town. Bookings are taken by telephone and online, and the pub promotes its menus, offers and rooms through its own website. As a hospitality business, its offering combines a cosy bar, a restaurant, and bed-and-breakfast accommodation in a heritage setting.

There has been an inn on the site of the Wheatsheaf Inn since the 17th century. The inn's own account notes that in that era the landlord was fined for "harbouring divers lewd and evil disposed persons, rogues, beggars and such like." The historic lodging and public house is dated to 1668, and the building stands adjacent to the 13th-century Broad Gate at the bottom of Broad Street in Ludlow, straddling the old town ditch. Over time the establishment became more refined. Today it is described as a quality single-bar hostelry with plenty of character, with a cosy real fire at one end of the bar and a more food-oriented area at the other. The building retains original 17th-century stone and timber accents, and the complex, including the pub and Chandlers Cottage, is recognised as a Grade II listed building in Ludlow, Shropshire. The modern business operates as a laid-back inn offering a bar, restaurant and five stylish en suite letting rooms above the pub. It lies a short walk from St Laurence's Church and Ludlow Castle, and about 2.9 miles from Ludlow Racecourse, positioning it within Ludlow's historic town centre and visitor economy. Bookings are handled by telephone and through the inn's website, which also presents menus and current offers.

• 1668

  Historic lodging and public house on the site dates back to 1668.

• An inn has stood on the site since the 17th century, adjacent to the 13th-century Broad Gate.

• The pub and Chandlers Cottage are recognised as a Grade II listed building in Ludlow, Shropshire.

A traditional, small olde-worlde pub with a cosy bar, restaurant and five letting rooms, set in a historic Grade II listed building in Ludlow.

• Pub bar service

• Restaurant dining

• Five en suite letting rooms

• Bed-and-breakfast accommodation

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