The Bush Inn

The Bush Inn is a Grade II listed public house in St Hilary, near Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. The current inn dates to the 16th century. It has a thatched roof, thick stone walls, low oak beams, flagstone floors, old pews, a stone spiral staircase, and an inglenook fireplace.^[1] The benches outside the pub look across to the Church of St Hilary.^[2]

Iolo Morganwg was known to have visited the pub. The Rough Guide to Wales praised its food and "cosy" atmosphere.^[3] Egon Ronay's Lucas Guide in the late 1970s said "People come from Cardiff and Swansea to St Hilary for the sake of this stone-built thatched pub, which offers table skittles or darts in the tile-floored public bar."^[4] The Automobile Association named the Bush Inn "Welsh Pub of the Year 2008/9".^[5]

References

^ Jones, Richard (2004). Haunted Inns of Britain & Ireland. Barnes & Noble Books. p. 134–5. ISBN 978-0-7607-6111-3.
^ AA Publishing (30 September 2007). Pub Guide 2008. Trafalgar Square. p. 758. ISBN 978-0-7495-5298-5. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^ Parker, Mike; Whitfield, Paul (1 August 2003). The Rough Guide to Wales. Rough Guides. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-84353-120-3. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^ Ronay, Egon (1977). Egon Ronay's Lucas Guide ... to Hotels, Restaurants, Inns in Great Britain and Ireland. Egon Ronay Organization. p. 753. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^ "The Bush Inn", St. Hilary Community Website, archived from the original on 17 April 2015, retrieved 27 May 2017

External links

Official site

Vale of Glamorgan County Borough

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Main settlements

Barry
- template
Cowbridge
Llantwit Major
Penarth

Communities

Villages

Landmarks and
listed buildings

Grade I	Church of St John the Baptist Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge Coedarhydyglyn Ewenny Priory Fonmon Castle Hensol Castle Ogmore Castle Old Beaupre Castle St Donat's Castle St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major
Grade II*	Barry Castle The Blue Anchor Inn Cowbridge Grammar School Cowbridge Town Hall Dyffryn Gardens Gileston Manor Llandough Castle St Quintins Castle