Welcome to a Unique Experience

"The Crown at Marnhull offers a great pub experience. The building is historic and beautiful, the staff special, the beer gloriously well kept and the cooking not just inspired but great value." Western Daily Press

The Crown at Marnhull is where history meets luxury. Whether you want to relax with a drink in our 16th century pub made famous by Thomas Hardy; sample our quality dishes made from locally sourced produce; or stay overnight in one of our five new letting rooms, The Crown at Marnhull has it all.

The author Thomas Hardy lived nearby The Crown Inn, and even featured it in one of his most famous novels, Tess of the D’Urbervilles as “The Pure Drop Inn”. The Crown Inn still retains many of its original features and character to this day with its inglenook fireplace, original wooden beams and priest hole (where catholic priests hid in the 16th century during the reformation period).

The building now offers five brand new beautifully designed letting rooms. These luxury rooms not only feature free standing baths, king size bed, high beamed ceilings and natural stone walls but also the latest technology with HD plasma screen TV’s, freeview, an ipod dock and wireless internet access. Letting room guests will also receive, with our compliments, fresh flowers and fruit, and use of the room’s stereo, hair and body products, coffee maker, room safe and mini bar.

Our restaurant offers good quality, fresh, home cooked dishes using the finest produce all locally sourced. To enhance your dining experience further, dishes are served on crisp white linen in the Library Restaurant. Bar meals may also be taken in the original Pure Drop Inn Bar. Our ethos is to provide food that is simple yet of the highest standard, using the wealth of quality ingredients which Dorset has to offer.