Sun Inn

{{Short description|Pub in Herefordshire, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}

File:Sun Inn, Leintwardine (Geograph 383027 by Peter Evans).jpg

The Sun Inn is a Grade II listed, parlour pub in Leintwardine, Herefordshire, England.{{NHLE |num= 1392362|desc= Sunn Inn, Leintwardine|accessdate= 20 August 2014|mode=cs2}}What's Brewing (Newspaper of the Campaign for Real Ale), December 2009

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.{{cite book|last1=Brandwood|first1=Geoff|title=Britain's best real heritage pubs|date=2013|publisher=CAMRA|location=St. Albans|isbn=9781852493042|pages=46–47}}

The 200+ year old establishment,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/8353043.stm |title=Locals buy pub with no bar|publisher=BBC News Hereford and Worcester|date=2009-11-11}} one of the UK's last remaining parlour pubs, had been owned and operated by resident[http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/4458621.Herefordshire_s_landlady_of__Britain_s_best_pub__dies__aged_94_/ Herefordshire's landlady of 'Britain's best pub' dies, aged 94], Hereford Times, 25 June 2009 Flossie Lane, who was born in the Sun Inn in 1914,[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5580597/Flossie-Lane.html Obituaries: Flossie Lane], Telegraph.co.uk, 19/06/2009 and took over ownership more than 70 years ago, until her death in June 2009 aged 94.

Without anyone to take her place, there had been fears that it would be sold for redevelopment, but with the help of CAMRA, and the Save the Sun Inn campaign,[http://www.savethesun.org.uk Save the Sun Inn Campaign Homepage] the pub was purchased from Flossie's nieces, who were keen for it to remain a pub, by a neighbour and friend of Flossie's and a local brewery owner.

The new owners added a rear pavilion-style extension which has become the main bar venue. The original two front rooms remain, a red-brick public bar and the more comfortable parlour.