android appClare Clare Hotel
listed building grade II
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Jul 3rd, 2020.
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Clare Clare Hotel
also traded as Seafarer, Rose & Crown
Closed 2010?
opened late 19th century
19 Nethergate St, CO10 8NP
grid reference TL 768 451
This inn has featured on TV's Lovejoy. The landscaped garden to the rear included a children's play area.
Built late 18th or early 19th century.
The precise closure date is uncertain, but was some time between August 2008 and May 2010.
Gallery
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Swan 0.12 mile
Globe 0.32 mile
Lion 1.94 miles
Five Bells 2.4 miles
George 2.5 miles
Bull 2.6 milesHistorical interest
Built in 1866 after a fire had destroyed the 18th century house here, it became an inn in the late 19th century.
Reference to the death of Mrs JARVIS, landlady of the Rose & Crown, Nethergate Street, Clare, who had fallen down the stairs of the Inn, after being summoned by a customer to sell half a pint of ale to a woman.Bury & Norfolk Post & Suffolk Herald, 31 July 31st 1883**
Changed name to the Seafarer in 1983, then to the Clare Hotel in 1993. Previously it had been called the Rose and Crown.
Landlords
Thanks to Carl Benson of the Suffolk Latch Company for the historical photos.
(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)
