Food is served in the Village Bar (where well-behaved dogs are welcome) and in the Restaurant, Well kept local real ales, a sunny terrace, five open fires, and a large self-contained function room.

The House motto is "A Warm Welcome is Guaranteed" this could almost be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the numerous blazing open fires, but it is more about the deliberate friendly informal nature of the management who understand the meaning of the word service! The Resurrection Restauranteur Jamie Denman and his business partner purchased the property in January 2002 and set about a comprehensive program which involved the restoration and refurbishment of virtually the entire 8000 sq ft of the main building. Too much local celebration, the Village Bar reopened on 28th March 2002. The new owners had not intended to reopen until the following day, but some locals gained access through a window and refused to leave until they were served - word quickly spread and the Village Bar was full within minutes. Within a very short time, the Dining Room established itself as one of the best restaurants in the area. The History The Vale of the White Horse Inn at Minety was built in the early 1800s. There have been various architectural surveys in recent times to try and establish the original purpose for which the building was constructed. The mystery starts with the fact that the building partly incorporates two cottages from a much earlier period, which were effectively buried in the North East Corner of the original building. The ground floor level of these cottages appears to be well below the current level of the existing building and the first floor level of one of these cottages was exposed in the Lakeside Bar during restoration works in 2004. The building was constructed before the bridge. The lake was created by the excavation of material to form the embankments leading up to the bridge on either side. Although the building now appears to be three storyes, it is four stories with the basement cellars below the car park now disused and blocked off. The existence of these cellars was discovered during restoration works in 2004. While working on an area adjacent to the western fireplaces in the Garden Room on the lower ground floor level, a chimney coming up from below was found. Subsequent checks revealed that four chimneys were coming up from this level, all of which were still open at the top. While reopening one of the carriage arches on the south side of the building a void was discovered under the floor into which a substantial amount of rubble had disappeared. Further exploration works were not undertaken because these basements are now well below the level of the lake and are therefore almost certainly flooded. The structure of the building is unusual in that the two lower floors are three parallel tunnels side-by-side. the structure of the upper two floors above is also reliant on brick arches and again appears to be very similar to the structure of a railway viaduct. the result is that the building is extraordinarily sturdy and over-engineered for its purpose.

• Children Welcome
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