Angarrack Inn, Angarrack

12 Steamers Hill, Angarrack, Hayle, TR27 5JB Cornwall

Telephone: 01736 752380

Web: www.angarrackinn.co.uk

A newly refurbished traditional inn, that dates from 1755. This was originally known as 'The Lamb'. It owes its establishment to the Angarrack tin smelting house, which once operated nearby. The pub has a warm and friendly atmosphere complete with log fire in the winter. Situated in a small village it is surrounded by picturesque views and close to Hayle's 3 miles of golden sands.

We look forward to welcoming you.

More information on the Angarrack Inn blog pages

A brief history

The present inn at Angarrack replaced an earlier one and drew much of its patronage from those attending the smelting works in the village as well as from travellers on the old coach road through it to the west. It became the Lamb and later the Angarrack Inn.

The original Angarrack Inn lay in the Carwin Estate and across the road from the present one. It owes its establishment to the Angarrack Smelting House which once operated nearby. The Inn was well placed to serve the traveller passing through the village on what was once the main highway from Camborne and beyond to Hayle and onwards across the sands of the estuary to St Ives and Penzance.

There is evidence that there was an inn at Angarrack by 1768, as in March of that year, a share in Wheal Reeth Mine was auctioned at the house (inn) of Mr Matthew Tremayne of Angarrack (our thanks go to Neil Harvey for pointing out John Higgan's brilliant history of Angarrack which provided this information) according to The Village of Angarrack Cornwall A pictorial view past and present by Dawn Guiver

The current building was built between 1793 and 1800 - the second in to be built in Angarrack. The first was on the other side of the road, along the lane past Carwin Villa. After many owneres and innkeepers, the Angarrack Inn was bought by Christopher Ellis & Sons, brewers of Hayle in 1900. They in turn were bought by the St Austell Brewery Company in 1933. Daphne Hocking was landlady of the Inn for 20 years, during which time she was responsible for raising £30,000 for the buying and training of 30 guide dogs for the blind.

According to Chris Knight, Curator & PR Co-Ordinator, St Austell Brewery 2014:

Purchased by St Austell Brewery in 1935 £1200 from C Ellis & Son

Built on the site of an earlier inn called The Lamb. In 1783 the Mellenoweth Estate, including the land, was sold by Henry Lord Arundell to William Tremayne; it is not known if the Inn was there then. On 4.5.1882 the Cornishman reported that the annual meeting of the Angarrack Pig Club was held in the Inn. The object of the club was to form an insurance fund from which member subscriptions could be used to compensate someone who lost all their stock.

Please Note: We're trying to complete the list of inkeepers at the Angarrack to the present day - if you have any information please don't hesitate to either register an account with us or contact us. We'd also be grateful for any historic pictures.