Crown & Horns, East Isley- Fireside Inns
The Person
A people person who has the experience of operating a gastro with rooms.Someone who understands the importance and looks after their locals.
Someone who is happy to embrace the demands of this affluent high-quality community.
Must have track record and experience as General Manager of operating high quality food business and hotel bedrooms.
Ability to calmly and maturely manage a team that consists of housekeepers, chefs and front of house.Solid organisational skills and experience in maximising commercial benefit of PMS, Online Bookings and 3rd Party Websites.
The Pub
The Crown and Horns is located in the heart of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village of East Ilsley, can be traced back to the Domesday Book and is noted for its great Sheep Fairs, and more recently for its horse-racing connections.
The location is very rural but remains accessible. 1hrs drive from the M25, only 10 mins drive from Jkt 13 of the M4, 10miles north of Newbury.
This village pub benefits from lovely restaurant area, bar with open fire and a courtyard garden, our 11 bedrooms surround this courtyard, there is a private carpark.
As you walk into the Crown & Horns you can smell the open fire and hear the gentle chatter of locals catching up with each other in the small bar area, Hotel guests can check-in here at quiet end of the bar.As you explore round the pub, you will see most of its space devoted to dining, this is broken up with wood beams. The kitchen is in the heart of the pub, the front of house team finds it really easy to collect food orders and communicate to the kitchen team.
The Boutique Bedrooms
There are 11 bedrooms in total, the great location ensures our bedroom guests are a mix of both corporate clients during the week and leisure guests at the weekends.The bedrooms benefit from recent refurbishment and are all smart with homely touches.
The Partnership - Fixed
Ready to run your own business, manage your own team and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and stand out guest experience? Then the Punch Managed Partnership is the perfect option for you.
Alongside tonnes of day to day support and a brilliant framework to grow your business, we give you an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team its your structure to own. We understand how important it is for the pub operator to completely own their own team.
In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that help us lead the industry. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time and become the hub of their community. We get that every pub has its own distinct character, so your Operations Manager will work closely with you to understand the true identity of your business, we can then help support you amplifying this, its a partnership after all!
The Opportunity
The manager/s of the Crown & Horns will be loved by the village and occasional visitors alike, delivering effortless hospitality and going the extra mile to keep the Crown and Horns at the absolute centre of village life. The opportunity to walk you own beloved family dog in amazing countryside, an ideal pub for lover of all things equestrian.East Ilsley is a village that will give back when the manager supports the village, adopts flexible approach and leads the way in local events, think village fairs, church council, leading support for national events.
Winning awards and industry recognition are all possible at this idyllic and historic location.
Accommodation
Located on the 1st floor above the dining area there the managers flat, this consists of 2 bedrooms (1 ensuite), living room, kitchen diner, bathroom and living room.
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