The Alfold Barn was built in 1590 and has many connections with the local area and Canadian Air Force during the World War II. It was a tea rooms in the 1940's and was a regular haunt of many airmen. It used to be known as 'Gibbs Hatch', and became the Barn in the 1970's. The Beams are all original, and are thought to date back to the Armada. There was a suggestion that Ernest Hemmingway visited the barn during the War and shared stories with Richard Dimbleby.
Things have moved on and the Barn has been under the watchful eyes of the Maguire family since 2000. Fran, our chef takes great pride in all our food and will only use the freshest ingredients. Where possible we aim to use locally sourced produce. Our cheese is produced by the Harrison family approximately 800 meters from us, one of the foremost dairy farms in Europe.
