Hawes Inn - South Queensferry, UK - Historic Eats on Waymarking.com

"Formerly known as the Newhalls Inn, this is a ‘B’ listed building with several additions and alterations over the years. It was certainly renamed the ‘Hawes Inn ‘by 1886. In fact evidence shows that in the book "Duncan's Itinerary of Scotland 1820" it is listed as "The Hawes Inn" then.

?The Hawes Inn, 7 Newhalls Road, South Queensferry, is a late 17th century Coaching Inn, with a date stone on the south east wall which says JS- 1638- BB, taken from the old house, Newhalls (no information on the 'old house' as yet). These initials are believed to be merchant John Smith, and his wife Bessie Bathgate. During the eighteenth-century, the inn was used as a change house for stagecoaches using the Newhalls Ferry and the adjacent ‘Hawes Garage’ used to be the stables and coach-house.

The Hawes Inn lies at the east end of Queensferry, almost under the Forth Rail Bridge which was given UNESCO World Heritage status in 2015 on its 125th anniversary.

It has been modernised into a multi-roomed pub but with salvaged furniture and wooden beams creating an 'olde worlde' feel it is oozing rural charm and rustic character. Today the Hawes Inn offers seasonal pub food, cask ales and fine wines. There is a roaring log fire for the winter as well as a pretty beer garden for the summer months It is now part of the ‘Vintage Inns’ collection of pubs. The hotel area, ‘Innkeepers Lodge’ is next door to the pub/restaurant

Robert Louis Stevenson, born in Edinburgh in 13th November 1850, is said to have been staying in room number 13 in 1886 when he came up with the idea of ‘Kidnapped’ and started writing the novel there. Indeed the Hawes inn features in the story as the place where the kidnapping of the hero, David Balfour, was arranged. There are or were, 4 painted panels of the story's main characters on the principle elevation. The inn also has other literary connections: it is mentioned in Sir Walter Scott's 'Antiquary' and again by Stevenson in 'Memories and Portraits'."
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