Somers' Arms, Eastnor

The Somers' Arms, Eastnor seems to be named after the Somers-Cocks family, lords of the manor of Eastnor. Another family of by the name of Somers/Summers had also been long resident in the parish.  They were small farmers and labourers.

It developed from a small farmstead, known in the 1770s as Summers  or Somers Farm. By 1816 at least,  it was known as the Somers Arms, the tenant combining farming with providing refreshment to travellers on the turnpike road between Ledbury and Tewksbury. The current house dates to c.1810-1820, although it may incorporate some older building. The stables predate 1840 and in the1850s a large coverd yard for cattle was built. This is now used as business premises.

In the later 19th century, when the estate was held by Lady Henry Somerset, a leading temperance campaigner, it was a Temperance Hotel.It continued as such until the Second World War.