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Luppitt Inn, Luppitt

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  • Historic Interior

A unique unspoilt basic beer house listed in the CAMRA Heritage Pub list. The beer is served from a polypin. No food or music.

Information for this venue is provided by the Exeter & East Devon Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
East Devon District
Last updated
24/04/2025
Last surveyed
29/02/2020
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
EXE/386
Asset of Community Value

Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance

Listed status: Not listed

UPDATE MARCH 2025: After closing in 2021, seemingly for good, the pub has rather unexpectedly just reopened. We haven't yet had chance to survey the new incarnation though it would be surprising if the previous simplicity has been fully retained.

A rare example of a simple, unspoilt farmhouse pub of the type that would have been common a couple of generations ago, but is now virtually extinct. It has been in the same family ownership for over a century and still has a few acres attached for rearing sheep. The building itself is a modest, two-storey Victorian affair, built of local stone. The entrance is in the yard and the pub part occupies two rooms with a red quarry-tiled hallway between them. The room in regular use, on the right, is tiny and has nothing at all sophisticated about it – a simple servery with a few shelves and beer drawn direct from a polypin behind the counter. The left-hand room was used for meetings and overspill from the main bar but is now largely disused. Outside gents’ and ladies’ loos. At the time of writing, only open Thursday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and Saturday from 7.30pm to 10.30pm, but this is subject to change so best to ring to check before travelling.

General information about historic pub interiors

A rare example of a simple, unspoiled farmhouse pub of the type that was common years ago but now virtually extinct. It has been in the same family ownership for over 100 years and is still part of a working farm run by other members of the family so don't be surprised if you find chickens in the yard. Other Heritage Pubs with working farms attached and run by the licensee or their family members are the Quiet Woman, Earl Sterndale; Victoria Arms, Worton ; New Cross Inn, Court Henry ; and Dyffryn Arms, Pontfaen . The building itself is a modest two-storey Victorian one, built of local stone (rendered at rear) with a slate roof. The entrance to the pub is in the yard and the pub part occupies two rooms on the north side with an entry between the two into a quarry-tiled hallway.

The room in regular use being that on the right containing the servery. It has a stable door and don't be surprised if a customer slides the bolt after you have entered to keep it closed! There is nothing sophisticated, only a simple match-boarded counter which could be 100 years old and with a door missing and the flap permanently opened, a few simple shelves and beer drawn direct from casks (nowadays more likely to be a poly barrel) stillaged behind the bar. The room is so small that you will find you are quickly brought into conversation with others or you may be encouraged to test your skill on the various puzzles strewn over the table.

The small room on the left has a (1930s ?) brick fireplace. What at first glance looks like a flagstone floor in both rooms is in fact army surplus rubber matting installed just after WWII that came from nearby USAF Dunkerswell laid on a concrete floor. The only food sold is crisps and nuts. Outside gents' and ladies' across the yard. At the time of writing, only open Thursday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and Saturday from 7.30pm to 10.30pm, but this is subject to change so best to ring to check before travelling.

General information about historic pub interiors
Monday
7:30pm - 11:30pm
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
7:30pm - 11:30pm
Thursday
Closed
Friday
7:30pm - 11:30pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed

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Current beers

This Pub serves no changing beers and 1 regular beer.

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Otter - Bitter TasteMatch Prediction

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Otter - Bitter
Otter - Bitter Session Bitter • 3.6% Spotted 6 times.
Otter - Bitter
Otter - Bitter

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 6 times. at Luppitt Inn, Luppitt.

ABV 3.6%
Dispense Gravity, straight from the cask
Style Session Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

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Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Games Games
Real Fire Real Fire
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Real Heritage Pub Real Heritage Pub
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Otter Ales
Quiet Quiet
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4.8 miles north of Honiton

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