{{Short description|Pub in Herefordshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
thumb|right|The Sun Inn
The '''Sun Inn''' is a Grade II listed, parlour pub in Leintwardine, Herefordshire, England.<ref name=EnglishHeritage>{{NHLE |num= 1392362|desc= Sunn Inn, Leintwardine|accessdate= 20 August 2014|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name="WB-1209">''What's Brewing'' (Newspaper of the Campaign for Real Ale), December 2009</ref>
It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.<ref name=Brandwood>{{cite book|last1=Brandwood|first1=Geoff|title=Britain's best real heritage pubs|date=2013|publisher=CAMRA|location=St. Albans|isbn=9781852493042|pages=46–47}}</ref>
The 200+ year old establishment,<ref name="BBCHF1">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/8353043.stm |title=Locals buy pub with no bar|publisher=BBC News Hereford and Worcester|date=2009-11-11}}</ref> one of the UK's last remaining parlour pubs,<ref name="WB-1209"/><ref name="BBCHF1"/> had been owned and operated by resident<ref name="HTimes">''[http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/4458621.Herefordshire_s_landlady_of__Britain_s_best_pub__dies__aged_94_/ Herefordshire's landlady of 'Britain's best pub' dies, aged 94]'', Hereford Times, 25 June 2009</ref> Flossie Lane, who was born in the Sun Inn in 1914,<ref name="Teleg-Obit">''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5580597/Flossie-Lane.html Obituaries: Flossie Lane]'', Telegraph.co.uk, 19/06/2009</ref> and took over ownership more than 70 years ago, until her death in June 2009<ref name="WB-1209"/> aged 94.<ref name="BBCHF1"/>
Without anyone to take her place, there had been fears that it would be sold for redevelopment,<ref name="WB-1209"/> but with the help of CAMRA, and the ''Save the Sun Inn campaign'',<ref name="BBCHF1"/><ref name="STSc">[http://www.savethesun.org.uk Save the Sun Inn Campaign Homepage]</ref> the pub was purchased from Flossie's nieces, who were keen for it to remain a pub,<ref name="BBCHF1"/> by a neighbour and friend of Flossie's and a local brewery owner.<ref name="WB-1209"/>
The new owners added a rear pavilion-style extension which has become the main bar venue. The original two front rooms remain, a red-brick public bar and the more comfortable parlour.
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