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.