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History

The Rose has been in the Lewis family since 1959 , firstly as tenants of Brighton brewer ‘Tamplins’ until we acquired the freehold in 1972.

The original inn (The Half Moon ) was at Bo-Peep to the south of Alciston until around 1860 when it closed and the Southdown & East Grinstead brewery bought Rose Cottage a 17th century flint cottage with oak beams, crooked walls and ceilings, and turned it into the village inn.

Comprised of four public rooms three with tables and chairs as dining areas and one as a bar area, the whole has a very relaxed, cottage’y feel. with small well furnished front garden with views toward the Downs.

There is one old Sussex tradition carried on here, every Good Friday we hold ‘Long Rope’ skipping in the road outside the Inn. In the winter months we have real log fires and the occasional Dart’s night.

Our kitchen is run by my wife Ginny and over the years our reputation for fine food has grown and we have won many awards both national and local, with a good supportive and well motivated team, in the kitchen as well as the front of house.




















 
Alciston South downs view from Rose cottage Inn
view of south downs

Skipping in Alciston
Annual Skipping Day


Beer at the rose Cottage Inn
The Bar

Review from
The Daily Telegraph

Review from The Sunday Observer

directions to the Rose Cottage Inn Alciston