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| This is our licensed tea-room where you can eat delicious
home cooked food, buy hot or cold drinks and choose from a range of specialities
(such as our own oysters, marinated salmon etc.) based on locally available
ingredients. In fact you can just have a cup of tea or you can have
a three course meal at any time from 9am to about 4.30pm. We also
have a range of fine quality wines (no spirits) to complement your choice
from the varied menu. Try our oysters and Guinness |
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Ulva's newest building may also be its oldest - its
fabric is literally torn from the past. No one knows how far back
its origins as a ferry shed may go. In 1880 when the Ferryman's house,
then an inn, and eight buildings nearby burned, the Boathouse may have
simply lost its thatch. There wouldn't have been that much else to
burn. So, although the ferryman's house was built sometime
after 1880, we know little about the age of the old shed.
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| In 1989 it was transformed. The old fireplace was retained, but
otherwise, it was gutted. Flotsam and jetsam accumulated over decades
was turfed out, along with a broody hen and a gaggle of geese, to make
room for the sparkling new tea-room. Another storey was added for
the interpretive display. |
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