Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging , and usually, food and drink . Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accommodation for horses .
31-551: The Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall , England , which was built as a coaching inn in 1750, and has a historical association with smuggling . Located just off the A30 , near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet of Bolventor , it was originally used as a staging post for changing horses. The 1,122-foot-high (342 m) "Tuber" or "Two Barrows" hill,
62-599: A bed. Many inns were simply large houses that had extra rooms for renting. In 14th-century England, the courtyards of the inns were often not paved or cobbled but rather flattened earth or mud. These inns would be made of two-story timber framed buildings with steep shingle roofs. Stable boys were in charge of stabling horses at the rear yard of the inn where they are watered and fed. Usual foods served included pottage, bread and cheese with ale for drinking. In some towns, innkeepers are only allowed to offer food and drinks to guests. The better managed inns would place fresh rushes on
93-451: A church, parsonage, and school near the hitherto solitary halfway house to the satisfaction of the area's residents, and that the inn was frequented by sportsmen in the winter and afforded comfortable, though somewhat rude, accommodation. The current building still includes the extension of a coach house, stables and a tack room added in 1778. The inn was owned for a period by the novelist Alistair MacLean and it has been listed Grade II on
124-414: A house near Par , can be found hut circles , stone lines and parts of ancient stream works. Though an inn has stood on the main road (modern A30, before the bypass was built) through the hamlet since 1547, the current building dates from 1750. It was extended in 1778 with a coach house, stables and a tack room assembled in an L-shaped fashion. It is often commonly thought that the inn takes its name from
155-639: A museum and a gift shop. Bodmin is connected by road with St Austell railway station , which is on the London - Penzance Cornish Main Line . The farm where British astronomer John Couch Adams was born is nearby. Other landmarks include the Four-hole Cross, Peverell's Cross, the circular entrenchment near Cardinham, and the Knights Templar church ruins at Temple . Between the inn and Kilmarth,
186-445: A rural hotel which provided lodging, food and refreshments, and accommodations for travelers' horses. To capitalize on this nostalgic image many typically lower end and middling modern motor hotel operators seek to distance themselves from similar motels by styling themselves "inns", regardless of services and accommodations provided. Examples are Comfort Inn , Days Inn , Holiday Inn , Knights Inn , and Premier Inn . The term "inn"
217-431: A smugglers' stopping point while they used approximately 100 secret routes to move around their contraband. According to narrated story, gangs of wreckers operated on the coast of Cornwall during early 19th century. The wreckers ensnared ships to this coast line by tricking them with use of lights which they purposefully installed on the shores of the coast. Once the ships foundered on the rocky coast they were looted by
248-586: Is also retained in its historic use in many laws governing motels and hotels, often known as "innkeeper's acts", or refer to hôteliers and motel operators as "innkeepers" in the body of the legislation These laws typically define the innkeepers' liability for valuables entrusted to them by clients and determine whether an innkeeper holds any lien against such goods. In some jurisdictions, an offense named as " defrauding an innkeeper " prohibits fraudulently obtaining "food, lodging, or other accommodation at any hotel, inn, boarding house, or eating house"; in this context,
279-511: Is close by. The inn was the setting for Daphne du Maurier 's 1936 novel Jamaica Inn , about the nocturnal activities of a smuggling ring, "portraying a hidden world as a place of tense excitement and claustrophobia of real peril and thrill." In the novel, it was transformed into a rendezvous and warehouse for smuggling that was solely the home of the landlord and his wife. The novel has been adapted into various media , most famously an eponymous 1939 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock . However,
310-464: Is its collection of smuggling artefacts that is depicted through the history of the Jamaica Inn and the inn's role in this trade for many years. The Cornish coast was the most popular location for smuggling of silks, tea, tobacco and brandy into England and operated from locations such as Polperro on the south coast and Boscastle , Trebarwith and Tintagel on the north coast as this coastline
341-399: Is nearby, as are the valleys of Hantergantick and Hannon. Dozmary Pool is situated 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.5 kilometres) south of the inn, while a branch of the river Fowey is 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 metres) west. Spread over 3 ⁄ 4 acre (0.3 hectares) of land, the Jamaica Inn has been refurbished and functions as an exclusive bed and breakfast establishment, with a pub,
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#1732779752036372-407: Is no longer a formal distinction between an inn and several other kinds of establishments: many pubs use the name "inn", either because they are long established and may have been formerly coaching inns , or to summon up a particular kind of image. Inns were like bed and breakfasts , with a community dining room which was also used for town meetings or rented for wedding parties. The front, facing
403-614: Is the person who runs an inn. Inns in Europe were possibly first established when the Romans built their system of Roman roads 2,000 years ago. Many inns in Europe are several centuries old. In addition to providing for the needs of travelers, inns traditionally acted as community gathering places. Historically, inns provided not only food and lodging, but stabling and fodder for the travelers' horses, as well. Famous London examples of inns include The George and The Tabard . However, there
434-484: The Battle of Trafalgar , various pottery figures of smugglers and villains, a bag of "10 pounds of Jamaican ganja " and old books etc. There is also a display of various items owned by Daphne du Maurier, including her writing desk and typewriter, in the room where she stayed in 1930. 50°33′44″N 4°34′01″W / 50.56225°N 4.566847°W / 50.56225; -4.566847 Inn An Innkeeper
465-675: The National Heritage List for England since 23 November 1988. In March 2022, the inn announced that fox hunts , including the East Cornwall Hunt and the Beaufort Hunt , were banned from its premises, with Allen Jackson, the inn's owner, saying, "We have always lost money because some people won’t come here because of the association with hunts. There are no pluses, all we get is minuses. They never spent any money here – they never came in." In August 2022,
496-500: The 1850s, and were originally housed in his museum in Bramber , Sussex . The collection was auctioned by Bonhams in 2003 resulting in its dispersal. The inn now contains "The Museum of Smuggling", which is located to the western side of the inn and the main coaching house. A plaque on the walls outside says "The Museum of Smuggling. Presents a record of classical examples in the arts of concealment and evasion". The museum's main focus
527-707: The 20th century. The building's exterior is made of dark slate and stone. It has a cobbled courtyard which features an old rusty anchor and a red telephone box . Historically, however, the courtyard was gravel. The exterior to the Smuggler's Bar says, "Through these portals passed smugglers, wreckers, villains and murderers, but rest easy... 'twas many years ago". The interior is characterised by sloping floors with many of its original beams. Internal building partitions have been removed. The fireplaces display roughly cut granite lintels. The Smuggler's Bar in particular retains its 18th-century feel with its large granite fireplace in
558-423: The bar and dark wood beams. The bar area contains many old bank notes on the walls and various items such as brass or copper kettles and urns. Between 1984 and 2003, the building housed a large collection of stuffed animals in complex dioramas , such as an animal courthouse or school classroom populated by baby squirrels. Known as "Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities", these exhibits were created by Walter Potter in
589-473: The city center, around which were built grand railway hotels . Motorcar traffic on old-style two-lane highways might have paused at any camp, cabin court, or motel along the way, while freeway traffic was restricted to access from designated off-ramps to side roads which quickly become crowded with hotel chain operators. The original functions of an inn are now usually split among separate establishments. For example, hotels, lodges and motels might provide
620-399: The floor, mixed with rose petals, lavender and herbs. Lighting would be dim, as candles were made of tallow. For toilet facilities, inns would simply provide a seat and a barrel which were emptied every morning. Beds would accommodate more than one man, sometimes even a dozen. During the 19th century, the inn played a major role in the growing transportation system of England. Industry was on
651-486: The hotel was acquired by The Coaching Inn Group, a national operator of distinctive coaching inns and destination venues. The two-storey building, constructed in the mid-18th century, had symmetrical front windows that were replaced in the 20th century. The slate roof is bitumen -coated and has hipped ends. An extension with two additional rooms was built in the 19th and 20th centuries. The central door and gabled porch are flanked by two light casements; all are attributed to
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#1732779752036682-482: The inn itself has never actually been used as a filming location. The inn is also referenced in "Jamaica Inn", a song by Tori Amos from her album The Beekeeper (2005), written while she was driving along the cliffs in Cornwall, and inspired by the legend she had heard of the inn. Jamaica Inn is on Bodmin Moor , near Bolventor. Brown Willy is situated four miles (six kilometres) to the north, while Rough Tor
713-472: The periods of rule by the Seljuk and Ottoman Turks , impressive structures functioning as inns ( Turkish : han ) were built because inns were considered socially significant. These inns provided accommodations for people and either their vehicles or animals, and served as a resting place to those traveling on foot or by other means. These inns were built between towns if the distance between municipalities
744-478: The rise, and people were traveling more in order to keep and maintain business. The English inn was considered an important part of English infrastructure, as it helped maintain a smooth flow of travel throughout the country. As modes of transport have evolved, tourist lodging has adapted to serve each generation of traveler. A stagecoach made frequent stops at roadside coaching inns for water, food, and horses. A passenger train stopped only at designated stations in
775-445: The road, was ornamental and welcoming for travelers. The back also usually had at least one livery barn for travelers to keep their horses. There were no lobbies as in modern inns; rather, the innkeeper would answer the door for each visitor and judge the people whom he decided to accommodate, it was up to the visitors to convince the innkeeper for accommodation. In some English towns, bye-laws would require innkeepers to offer all visitors
806-486: The smugglers who smuggled rum into the country from Jamaica and stored it at the inn. However, the name of the inn is actually said to derive from the important local Trelawney family of landowners, of which two family members served as Governors of Jamaica in the 18th century. Cornwall has been very aptly described as the "haven of smugglers" in view of its topographic features of "rocky coves, sheltered bays, tumultuous waves and wild and untenanted landscapes". The inn became
837-502: The traditional functions of an inn but focus more on lodging customers than on other services; public houses (pubs) are primarily alcohol-serving establishments; and restaurants and taverns serve food and drink. (Hotels often contain restaurants serving full breakfasts and meals, thus providing all of the functions of traditional inns. Economy, limited service properties, however, lack a kitchen and bar, and therefore claim at most an included continental breakfast .) The lodging aspect of
868-594: The word inn lives on in some hotel brand names, like Holiday Inn , and the Inns of Court in London were once accommodations for members of the legal profession. Some laws refer to lodging operators as innkeepers . Other forms of inns exist throughout the world. Among them are the honjin and ryokan of Japan , caravanserai of Central Asia and the Middle East, and jiuguan in ancient China. In Asia Minor , during
899-414: The wreckers. While such endeavours have been depicted in many stories and legends, there is no clear evidence that this has ever happened. By 1847, Francis Rodd of Trebartha Hall, who had been High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1845, was building a chapel at Bolventor to accommodate those who lived in the Jamaica Inn area. A 1856 guide book by Thomas Clifton Paris states that the same Francis Rodd had erected
930-426: Was not well covered by the law enforcing authorities. Many of the smugglers stored their contraband in the isolated location of the Jamaica Inn. It is also said that even the judges were fairly lenient towards the smugglers, probably due to their receiving some of the smuggled goods. The museum contains various items including "Wanted" posters, one of which is dated to 1798, a poster celebrating Lord Nelson 's victory at
961-442: Was too far for one day's travel. These structures, called caravansarais, were inns with large courtyards and ample supplies of water for drinking and other uses. They typically contained a café, in addition to supplies of food and fodder. After the caravans traveled a while they would take a break at these caravansarais, and often spend the night to rest the human travelers and their animals. The term "inn" historically characterized