• Contact us
  • About us
  • Digital edition
  • Online archive
Friday, July 11, 2025
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
  • News
    Councils ask for planned mayoral election to be postponed

    Councils ask for planned mayoral election to be postponed

    Leo Group owner completes epic cycling challenge for MND research

    Leo Group owner completes epic cycling challenge for MND research

    Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen

    Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen

    Inspiring Penrith teacher Dawn Coates retires after 26 years

    Inspiring Penrith teacher Dawn Coates retires after 26 years

    Use it or lose it: Urgent appeal for people to get on the bus

    Use it or lose it: Urgent appeal for people to get on the bus

    Penrith’s Enterprise Hub plans start to take shape

    Penrith’s Enterprise Hub plans start to take shape

    Nurturing Eden school praised by Ofsted

    Nurturing Eden school praised by Ofsted

    Inflation and the impact on savings

    Inflation and the impact on savings

    Celebrating Alston’s heritage heroes

    Celebrating Alston’s heritage heroes

  • Sport
    Success for fighting squad

    Success for fighting squad

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

    Patterdale’s Eden Eagles make history

    Patterdale’s Eden Eagles make history

    Penrith teen crowned British vault champion

    Penrith teen crowned British vault champion

    Penrith gymnasts represent North of England in finals

    Penrith gymnasts represent North of England in finals

  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Online archive
  • Buy Photos
  • Buy your paper
  • North Lakes Living
No Result
View All Result
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
  • News
    Councils ask for planned mayoral election to be postponed

    Councils ask for planned mayoral election to be postponed

    Leo Group owner completes epic cycling challenge for MND research

    Leo Group owner completes epic cycling challenge for MND research

    Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen

    Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen

    Inspiring Penrith teacher Dawn Coates retires after 26 years

    Inspiring Penrith teacher Dawn Coates retires after 26 years

    Use it or lose it: Urgent appeal for people to get on the bus

    Use it or lose it: Urgent appeal for people to get on the bus

    Penrith’s Enterprise Hub plans start to take shape

    Penrith’s Enterprise Hub plans start to take shape

    Nurturing Eden school praised by Ofsted

    Nurturing Eden school praised by Ofsted

    Inflation and the impact on savings

    Inflation and the impact on savings

    Celebrating Alston’s heritage heroes

    Celebrating Alston’s heritage heroes

  • Sport
    Success for fighting squad

    Success for fighting squad

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    Penrith skipper Nicky Burns calls on team to keep winning

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    £100,000 target for new changing rooms extension

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Medal success for Upper Eden tug-of-war team

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Eden man competes in Hyrox World Games

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

    Double national triumph for Stuart Robinson

    Patterdale’s Eden Eagles make history

    Patterdale’s Eden Eagles make history

    Penrith teen crowned British vault champion

    Penrith teen crowned British vault champion

    Penrith gymnasts represent North of England in finals

    Penrith gymnasts represent North of England in finals

  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Online archive
  • Buy Photos
  • Buy your paper
  • North Lakes Living
No Result
View All Result
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
No Result
View All Result
Home Latest

Villagers bid to save 17th century coaching inn from permanent closure

by CWH
6 June 2022
in Latest, News
A A
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Campaigners outside the Crown and Mitre

Campaigners have turned to Eden Council for help to try and protect an historic coaching inn from permanent closure.

However, representatives of the owner, Joof Hotels Ltd, have described the move as an attempt to intimidate and say it follows a series of vexatious complaints.

At present, the Crown and Mitre at Bampton Grange is being advertised as an “ideal holiday venue for a family gathering or group of up to 24”, having previously served villagers and visitors as a public house for 200 years.

Villagers claim the present use of the property is proving detrimental to the social interests and wellbeing of the community. Resident Pete Salway said: “It is ripping the soul out of the village, because it was an important place for everyone to meet, especially during the winter.”

Together with his wife, Aileen, Pete addressed a meeting of the district authority’s cabinet to speak in a favour of an application which has been made to get the Crown and Mitre listed as an asset of community value.

After the meeting, he told the Herald: “Many villages are turning into shadows of what they once were with the loss of pubs, local shops and ever expanding holiday home ownership. What makes the Lake District special is that some parts of it are still working rural communities, but these are becoming rarer and are under increasing pressure.

“The Crown and Mitre is very much part of the cultural identity of Bampton Grange, it helps make our Conservation Area village special and has been well used by both villagers and those living on local farms and in remote homes.

“It has helped celebrate generations of christenings and weddings, hosted wakes, quiz teams, domino matches, darts and pool teams. It has been the venue for the Mardale Hunt, farmers’ discussion groups and several societies as well as being a welcoming bar to lean on for a quiet pint and a bit of company (especially in the dark winter months). The Crown and Mitre has also employed many local people over the years in its kitchens, front of house, housekeeping and administration.

“Many of the young people growing up in the village and surrounding area earned their first wages in the Crown and Mitre. There are a large number of buildings in the village that are listed and the Crown and Mitre is one of them. It has been in existence for 200 years serving travellers and villagers alike.

“The loss of this historic inn affects our village in numerous ways – its closure is akin to having the heart taken out of the village.”
Prospus Consulting, acting as agent for the owner, said in a response to Eden Council that the nomination to list the pub as an asset of community value was “vexatious”.

“The property has recently (October, 2021) changed hands and the owner has been subject to a series of vexatious complaints since taking possession. It is possible that this application is a further attempt to intimidate the owner,” the letter said.

The owner of the Crown and Mitre said: “The Crown and Mitre hotel had been on the market for a number of years. It had been closed since the pandemic.

“As is common with many such establishments it had become unviable in recent years and so it’s great to be able to save this historic building for posterity and to provide the investment it needs to give it a bright future.”

Eden Council leader Virginia Taylor said the recommendation to cabinet from the council’s lawyers was to not accept the application for the Crown and Mitre at Bampton Grange to be listed as an asset of community value.

However, she said: “Given that there is considerable local concern about the future of the Crown and Mitre I am proposing that this application be deferred to give the community group time to clarify their assessment of how the land is eligible for nomination.

“In particular, how it furthers the social interests of the local community and it must be realistic to think that such a use can continue in the future.

Ms Taylor added: “We need further details to ensure that a decision to list the asset of community value would be sound.

“We as politicians wish to support the sustainability of our rural communities and economies, but we have to follow the legal frameworks to achieve those goals.

“Should an asset of community value be put up for sale, the status confers the right for a community to delay the sale of that asset while funds are raised in the community.

“I believe that there is currently an application for change of use of the Crown and Mitre before the relevant planning authority, which is the Lake District National Park planning authority. Only the planning authority can make a decision on change of use.”

The nomination of the Crown and Mitre for asset of community value status will be reconsidered by cabinet at its next meeting on June 21.

Related Posts

Councils ask for planned mayoral election to be postponed
News

Councils ask for planned mayoral election to be postponed

11 July 2025
Leo Group owner completes epic cycling challenge for MND research
News

Leo Group owner completes epic cycling challenge for MND research

11 July 2025
Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen
News

Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen

11 July 2025
Inspiring Penrith teacher Dawn Coates retires after 26 years
News

Inspiring Penrith teacher Dawn Coates retires after 26 years

11 July 2025
Use it or lose it: Urgent appeal for people to get on the bus
News

Use it or lose it: Urgent appeal for people to get on the bus

11 July 2025
Penrith’s Enterprise Hub plans start to take shape
Latest

Penrith’s Enterprise Hub plans start to take shape

11 July 2025
No Result
View All Result

Stay connected

Facebook Twitter Instagram

Most popular

Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen

Support for Penrith Mountain Rescue Team after charity box stolen

11 July 2025
Inflation and the impact on savings

Inflation and the impact on savings

11 July 2025
Success for fighting squad

Success for fighting squad

11 July 2025
Looking back to 1986

Looking back to 1986

11 July 2025
Extinction Rebellion protest outside insurance brokers

Extinction Rebellion protest outside insurance brokers

7 July 2025
Nurturing Eden school praised by Ofsted

Nurturing Eden school praised by Ofsted

11 July 2025
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Logo

33 Middlegate
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 7SY

Phone: 01768 862313
Email: news@cwherald.com

Registered in England as Barrnon Media Limited. No: 12475190
VAT registration number: 343486488

Explore

  • News
  • Sport
  • Farming
  • Property
  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Your view

Useful links

  • Contact us
  • Photosales
  • Online archive
  • Buy your paper
  • Digital edition
  • North Lakes Living
  • Advertise
  • About us

Follow us on

© Barrnon Media Limited 2025

Terms & Conditions / Privacy Policy / Cookie Policy

This website and its associated newspaper are members of the Independent Press Standards Organisation
Review Your Cart
0
Discount
Add Coupon Code
Subtotal
Total Installment Payments
Bundle Discount
Checkout

 
0
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Obituaries
  • Nostalgia
  • Online archive
  • more
    • North Lakes Living
    • Buy Photos
    • Buy your paper
    • About us
    • Contact us

© 2020 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald