Lynbridge,
Lynbridge,
Lynton, North Devon
EX35 6NR
01598 753425
Good Pub Guide 2003
AA Bed & Breakfast guide 2005/06/07
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The Bridge Inn formerly Ye Olde Cottage Inn is an attractive and historic 17th century Exmoor inn
situated on the banks of the West Lyn river
just 1/2 mile from the twin towns Lynton and Lynmouth
The main part of the bar and hotel date from the late 17th century and was constructed
as a house for the mill owner of the mill 250yds further down the valley.
The cellars date from the 12th century and were once salmon fisherman's cottages
A major Anderson doubled the size of the building in1935-36 by building
out on stilts towards the river, which is now the Restaurant and bedrooms.
A well known local family called the Crick's lived here for
many years
and it is commonly held belief that the presence of the kind
ghost Mrs. Crick can be felt in some of the rooms
Anecdotal evidence also has it that the unusual gothic windows at the front
of the building were salvaged from the hunting lodge of King Charles 1 at the
nearby Coombe park which was destroyed by flood in the 1680's.
More recently The Olde Cottage Inne, as it was, escaped serious damage in the disastrous flood in 1952.