The Barley Mow pub, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire dates back to 1352.
Despite a chequered history of fires, rebuilding and being absorbed into the Chef and Brewer pub chain, this rambling pub retains lots of original features and is worth a visit. It lies on the original Berkshire side of the river, a short walk over the bridge from the village.
It is mentioned in Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat; 'If you stay the night on land at Clifton, you cannot do better than put up at the "Barley Mow." It is, without exception, I should say, the quaintest, most old-world inn up the river. It stands on the right of the bridge, quite away from the village. Its low-pitched gables and thatched roof and latticed windows give it quite a story-book appearance, while inside it is even still more once-upon-a-timeyfied.'
The Barley Mow pub, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire dates back to 1352.
Despite a chequered history of fires, rebuilding and being absorbed into the Chef and Brewer pub chain, this rambling pub retains lots of original features and is worth a visit. It lies on the original Berkshire side of the river, a short walk over the bridge from the village.
It is mentioned in Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat; 'If you stay the night on land at Clifton, you cannot do better than put up at the "Barley Mow." It is, without exception, I should say, the quaintest, most old-world inn up the river. It stands on the right of the bridge, quite away from the village. Its low-pitched gables and thatched roof and latticed windows give it quite a story-book appearance, while inside it is even still more once-upon-a-timeyfied.'