The Royal Inn

The Royal stands near the ancient Horsebridge, which was built over the River Tamar in 1437 by French Benedictine monks. The monks stayed on the site of what is now the pub and a building was erected as a nunnery about 50 years later.After Henry the Eighth’s dissolution of the monasteries, the nunnery became a pub and was named The Packhorse Inn.

Charles I is reputed to have visited the pub during the civil war and left his seal in the granite step ‘for services rendered’. From that day forth the pub became known as The Royal Inn. As you enter the Inn through its Devon porch, look for the seal leaded into the granite step beneath your feet.