Our History

The name was probably changed to the Sawrey Hotel about 1870, when alterations were made adding extra bedrooms - and a bathroom! The Hotel consists of at least three separate buildings, the original being in the centre, where the inn sign hangs, probably dating back to about 1700. The old stable block is now the bar, with bedrooms above and over the years various additions mean that it is now one continuous building.

It is not known whether the original building was an inn, but it seems likely, as there is a suggestion that it used to be known as the Angler's Rest. So far, we have been unable to trace any written record of this. However, it is certain that in 1841 the Licensee was one Thos. Perry, and the hotel was known as the New Inn at Far Sawrey, which was referred to as Extra Sawrey or Lesser Sawrey - as at that time many of the Victorian houses in Far Sawrey had yet to be built. Near Sawrey was sometimes known as Infra Sawrey or Greater Sawrey.

The hotel has remarkably few landlords in 170 years:
1841 - 1860 Thos Perry
1860 - 1872 Jane Hartley
1872 - 1874 Robert Turner
1874 - 1886 John Swainson
1886 - 1895 Eleanor Hutchinson
1895 - 1903 William Shipley
1903 - 1921 Jimmy Rowe
1921 - 1929 Harry Steele
1929 - 1968 Mrs Robinson and Miss E Robinson
1968 - 1990 David and Sheila Brayshaw
1990 - 2001 David and Sheila Brayshaw, Ann and Stephen Crabtree, James Brayshaw
2001 - 2008 Sheila Brayshaw, Ann and Stephen Crabtree, James Brayshaw
2008 - 2009 Ann and Stephen Crabtree, James Brayshaw
2009 - 2010 Ann and Stephen Crabtree

Current landlords - Dan and Sally Schrieber