The Chantry Inn has been voted as Sheffield and District CAMRA East Area Pub of the Year for 2025.
This historic pub which was built around 1250 is uniquely one of only four pubs in the UK set in consecrated grounds being within the boundary walls of St Mary’s parish church in Handsworth.
It comprises of three different rooms each with some original and unique features including real fireplaces, beamed low ceilings and even the bell pushes used in previous days to order the ale. There are also claims of various tunnels and passageways from the cellar to the church.
It has had a varied past originally being a chantry and safe house for nuns, then a washhouse and a school before being a pub for much of the later years from the early 1800’s.
Previously known as the Cross Keys, Chantry Brewery acquired the pub in early 2019 and undertook a tasteful restoration and deliver real quality beers. There are always 5 cask ales on tap from Chantry brewery with a rotating special alongside the regulars of New York pale, Iron and Steel bitter, Special Reserve and Diamond Stout. There are also changing keg beers available often from Abbeydale, Tiny Rebel or Beavertown as well as real cider and Chantry brewery’s own Helles lager.
Congratulations to all involved with the Chantry Inn including the brewery and the pub manager Terry and his partner Alison. The area pub of the year award presentation is planned for the evening of Thursday 21st May from around 8pm onwards and all are welcome to join the celebration.
You can find the pub at 400 Handsworth Road, S13 9BZ. The nearest bus stop in on the main road near the pub and is served by buses 30, 30a, 52, 52a, 70, 70a, 73, 95, X5.
ALL THE AREA WINNERS
- Sheffield North: Blake, Walkley
- Sheffield City Centre: Dog & Partridge, Trippet Lane
- Sheffield South: Sheaf View, Heeley
- Sheffield West: Rising Sun, Nether Green
- Sheffield Kelham Island & Neepsend: Kelham Island Tavern
- Sheffield East: Chantry Inn, Handsworth
- Sheffield District (Derbyshire): Red Lion, Litton
- Cider: Old Shoe, Sheffield City Centre
- Club: Crookes Social Club