![]() In total there are now 36 bedrooms and suites. ![]() Whilst the character and charm of the old parts of the Inn - the olde worlde bars, some restaurant areas and the ‘old rooms’ 3 to 12 - have been carefully preserved, a recently built new wing now provides contrastingly modern bedrooms with breath-taking views over the moor. Its fame became worldwide when Daphne du Maurier wrote the best-selling novel ‘Jamaica Inn’ following her enforced stay in November 1930 in Bedroom 3 where she recovered from the ordeal of getting lost until late at night when out horse riding. The Inn is exactly halfway and where horses were changed and weary passengers rested and they have been doing this for the 270 years since then. ![]() In 1750 it became a coaching Inn when coaches first started crossing the moor, linking the towns of Launceston and Bodmin. ![]()
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