A Little History
About The Spirit Vaults
The original building dates back to 1736 where it was built as a house for local farmer and property developer, Samuel Shepherdson. From around 1840 the establishment was selling wines and spirits under the name of ‘The Spirit Vaults’ until about 1855 when the name was changed to ‘The Blue Bell Vaults’ and then later on to ‘The Blue Bell Inn’.
Fast forward to 2000 and the pub found itself in the hands of the Morgan family and has stayed within the family ever since. In 2019 the younger generation of the family became involved and embarked upon some significant changes.
The pub was closed in June 2019 and a full renovation was carried out which included the installation of a brand new 2.5BBL microbrewery, five en-suite guest rooms on the first and second floors and a complete redesign of the downstairs layout.
Paying homage to the pubs past, the family felt the right thing to finish the renovation was to change the pubs name back to its original version… ‘The Spirit Vaults’. The pub finally reopened in August 2020.
