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guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
source: National
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Clare is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Jul 30th, 2024.
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Clare Bell
formerly Green Dragon, Saracen's Head
West, 52.07858,0.58177
Cask Ale is sold here.
12 Market Hill, CO10 8NN
grid reference TL 770 453
opened 16th century
A Grade II Listed 16th century timber framed family & commercial hotel on old market square. Quiet, comfortable lounge, busy public bar with a conservatory to rear.
Facilities
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Sudbury: 9 miles (14.5km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Swan 0.08 mile
Cock 0.12 mile
Globe 0.15 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Old English Pub Co
C16th timber framed hotel on the old market square. Quiet comfortable lounge, rear conservatory and games orientated(sic) public bar provide a good range of drinking areas. Full hotel service available. The unofficial Nethergate brewery tap.
Beers: Nethergate Bitter, Old Growler; John Smith's BitterCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Historically listed as a family & commercial hotel & posting house.
Records show town officials having dinner there in 1611 at a cost of eleven shillings. It was greatly expanded to a post house in the 1750s when the beautiful interior carved beams including ornately carved ceilings, some with folded leaf ornamentation, were added…
Landlords
Footnote
The green dragon may be a reference to the Earl of Pembroke and appears on their coat of arms. William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk was an important medieval English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years' War and later Lord Chamberlain of England. He was created Earl of Pembroke in 1447 and Duke of Suffolk in 1448.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(historical detail found in Clare Book II streets)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
