Brief History

The Old Post Office Restaurant is in part of Rosebush House. Built in 1870 as the quarry masters accommodation & constructed of faced Roesbush slate. On the side of the house is the office, which also served as a shop, now the main restaurant, where photographs of the quarry, railway and village in the past can be seen.

This later became a post office as well. A granary was added on some years after the original construction and in the cellar under was a bread oven, the door of which can be seen on the wall outside. This granary is now the top restaurant room. The front Parlour of the house has now become a cosy Victorian style country bar with photos of village life and memorabilia on the walls.

Edward Cropper and Mccaully, M.Ps, part of a consortium that took over the quarry in the 1870s and also built the Maenclochog railway which ran from Narberth to Fishguard. It has been said that in Rosebush there was a special siding for the more well to do to use so they didn't have to mix with the riffraff at the station in Rosebush.

The slate from the quarry was not of a very good quality, although it was used on the palace of Westminster, probably due to the connections with the M.Ps.

The village of Rosebush was promoted as a tourist attraction, a place to go for piece and tranquillity, to study nature and to enjoy the countryside.

With the railway there to bring the Victorian gentry in it just might have worked.

But sadly by 1892 the consortium sold Rosebush House, and the quarry and railway went slowly into decline.

The building remained a post office and shop for many years and in the 1980s also became a tea room.

Demand grew and Dot and Dave Thomas started the restaurant. After 25 years it was bought by the present owner, and is now run as a family business.