android appClare Clare Hotel
listed building grade II
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated May 11th, 2022.
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Clare Clare Hotel
also traded as Seafarer, Rose & Crown
South East, 52.07636,0.57885
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
Nearby Suffolk pubs
Swan 0.12 mile
Bell 0.20 mile
Globe 0.31 mile
Lion 1.94 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**
In 1937 the Rose and Crown was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
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)
