The original building ws constructed in 1180 to house the laborers who built the village church - 'All Hallows Church'. The stone for the church's construction came from the quarry that is now the Inn's car park. It was originally known as The New Inn during the reign of Elizabeth The First. The Inn being one of a chain of inns across the region.

During the English Civil War (1642 - 1646) the Inn was used as a Royalist meeting place. The Inn was latter mentioned in church documents in 1685 and is said to have been linked to smuggling that took place in near by Ayrmers Cove, now part of the National Trust's protected coastline. Walking to the cove is only 1/2 a mile and a great excuse to work up an appetite and a thirst. The Inn's name was changed to what it is today after the playwright R.C. Sheriff, while staying at the Inn, wrote part of his famous play about life in the trenches during the First World War... 'Journey's End' ('26).