The Oxenham Arms Hotel, South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2JT
The Oxenham Arms Hotel is a unique Grade II Star Listed former Benedictine monastery steeped in over 850 years of history. Constructed in the 12th Century around the famous prehistoric South Zeal Menhir Standing Stone.
Open for bar meals, lunches, afternoon teas, evening dinners, Sunday lunches all hotel rooms include full breakfast.
Open every day except Mondays . Simply telephone us on 01837840244
Lunches from 12 mid-day Dinners from 6PM . Bar & Hotel open all day and evening from 12 mid-day.
Our bar was first licenced in the year 1477 ! and is the oldest CAMRA heritage bar in Devon & Cornwall.
We combine a traditional inn, luxury four poster bed hotel & AA Rosette accredited restaurant, all in the original main monastery building. Including 5 super-king English oak hand carved four poster bedrooms, double rooms & twin rooms. We are listed by English Heritage as being one of the most beautiful buildings of its period in Devon. In the heart of the beautiful medieval South Zeal village, only 12 minutes drive from Okehampton town centre.
Within a 5 minute drive off the A30 to Cornwall - In the beautiful Darmoor National Park, Devon
Traditional Lunches & Sunday Lunches from 12 mid-day, evening dinners from 6 PM including Sunday evenings.
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Overnight bike storage available onsite.
Fabulous Dartmoor walks & stunning Dartmoor views from our gardens and grounds. If you prefer to lunch or dine in a private room we can provide this on request for your groups, parties and get togethers. Most rooms have their own beamed ceilings and log fires. Alternatively join us in our bar first licenced in 1477,our Standing Stone Snug, Monastery Restaurant or large Oak Dining Room for bigger groups and functions.
Children are welcome
Dogs on leads are welcome in our bar and gardens (free dog biscuit on arrival ! ) but not in our hotel rooms sorry.
Visit this beautiful former Benedictine monastery, built around the prehistoric 5000 year old South Zeal Menhir Standing Stone and still in the centre our building today for you to see, touch and learn about.
The Oxenham Arms was the birthplace and home to the first documented pirate ,Captain John Oxenham 1530-1580 who for Queen Elizabeth I & Sir Frances Drake was the 1st Navigator for the English Fleet, looting Spanish gold in the seas off South America and bringing it back for the Queen.
The Pre-historic South Zeal Menhir at The Oxenham Arms Hotel
Visit this ancient stone which was hand-cut by Neolithic Dartmoor people around 5000 years ago. Menhir's or Standing Stones were the equivalents of our churches or cathedrals today. Places of worship, ceremony, and gathering. This stone is solid granite, would have been cut way up on the high moor and rolled down to its current location on tree trunks, then inserted upright into the ground.
Here it has stayed ever since pre-history. Benedictine Monks in the 12th Century built this monastery around the stone, incorporating the pagan monolith into this Christian religious building. Many say the stone gives off energy if you pass near it. Photograph dated 1904
We are the oldest CAMRA Heritage Inn in Devon and Cornwall.
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Recommended by, Visit Devon, Britains Finest, The AA Restaurant Guide, Via Michelin, Visit Dartmoor, Devon Live, Dartmoor News, The Devonshire Magazine, The Good Pub Guide, CAMRA Good Beer Guide
