android appCotton Trowel & Hammer
opening hours
- Mon-Thu: 1200-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1200-2400
- Sun: 1200-2300
food times
- Mon-Sun: 1300-2100
regular real ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
- Adnams Broadside [H]
- Woodforde's Wherry [H]
Local licensing authority for Cotton is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Mid-Anglia branch.
last updated Mar 2nd, 2020.
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Cotton Trowel & Hammer
Real Ale is sold here.
Mill Road, IP14 4QL
grid reference TM 067 673
bar / diner, opened 14th century
Comfortable, welcoming and large, spacious 14th century timber framed building with a good food trade. Disabled toilet.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Stowmarket: 6.4 miles (10.3km)
White Horse 1.10 miles
Bull 1.17 miles
King's Head 2.5 miles
Six Bells 2.5 miles
Four Horseshoes 3.1 miles
Walnut Tree 3.1 milesHistorical interest
Originally only licensed as a beerhouse, the Trowel & Hammer only got a full license on January 1st 1962, according to the Stow licensing records.
To be sold by auction part of the Real Estate of the late Mr Freeman Woods, deceased.
Lot 2: The Trowel and Hammer beer house and general shop. Situated in the parish of Cotton, about a quarter of a mile from Finningham Railway Station, with outbuildings and large garden in the occupation of Mrs Garrard.Ipswich Journal, June 1890**
Landlords
1861: William Garrard ((Grocer & Draper, not shown as publican, Head/Married/34y/born Bacton))
1865: William Garrard ((beer retailer - pub not named) (& grocer))
1869: William Garrard ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (& grocer))
1871: William Garrard ((Grocer, Draper & Beer Retailer, Head/Married/44y/born Bacton))
1874: William Garrard ((beerhouse - pub not named) (& grocer & pork butcher))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
