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In the light of the government announcement of March 20th, all pubs are now closed until further notice.
Some of them may well still be offering a takeaway beer service and some others will also be selling food takeaways, perhaps even with delivery. If you can give any of our pubs some support through these terrible times by buying some takeaway food or drink, please do so. Our pubs need as much support of possible if they're going to still be there for us when the crisis is over.
Clare Swan
opening hours
12-11; 12-6 Sun
food times
12-2.30, 6-8.30 (9 Fri); 12-9 Sat; 12-4 Sun
guest beers
This pub serves 2 guest ales.
listed building grade II*
Local licensing authority for Clare is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Mar 2nd, 2020.
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Clare Swan
formerly Le Swan, Quylters
Real Ale is sold here.
4 High St, CO10 8NY
grid reference TL 769 452
Historic inn with an old carved sign (possibly dating from 1415) which may be the oldest in England. Bar to right with inglenook fireplace is now a restaurant. Bar is to the left with beamed ceiling. Mix of seating: bar stools, wooden tables & chairs, comfy armchairs and a choir pew in the fireplace. Achieved Cask Marque status June 2017.
The carved pub sign is depicted on the town sign. The building itself may date back as far as 1361 when it was known as Quilters.
Facilities
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Cask Marque accredited
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Separate bar
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Sudbury: 9.1 miles (14.6km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Bell 0.08 mile
Cock 0.18 mile
Globe 0.21 mile
Lion 2.1 milesHistorical interest
This building was probably built around 1600, an earlier will of 1498 said John Norfolk bequeathed to his son 'a house (sometimes misread as 'alehouse') now called Le Swan but of old called Quylters'. The house goes back still further for there is a reference to Quylters (described as 'a tenement') in a Court Roll of 1361. Another record goes back even earlier, showing one owner died 'tempore pestilence,' (i.e. from the Black Death) in 1349.
The public rooms are of around the year 1600, and the interior has exposed framing, beams and joists - an impressive array easily seen by stepping inside, where many other interesting artefacts from earlier centuries will be found.…
Landlords
(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 Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA memers since 1978)
