Cotton Trowel & Hammer
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 1130-2400
food times
- Mon-Thu: 1200-1400, 1730-2030
- Fri-Sat: 1200-1400, 1730-2130
- Sun: 1200-1600
regular cask ales
- Adnams Broadside [H]
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
- Woodforde's Wherry [H]
Local licensing authority for Cotton is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Mid-Anglia branch.
last updated Jan 5th, 2024.
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Cotton Trowel & Hammer
North East, 52.2658,1.02861
Cask Ale is sold here.
Mill Road, IP14 4QL
grid reference TM 067 673
bar / diner, opened 14th century
owner/operator: Stonegate
Comfortable, welcoming and large, spacious 14th century timber framed building with a good food trade. Disabled toilet. Photographs of this pub and more historical information about it can be found at suffolk.camra.org.uk/pub/221
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music
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
Four Horseshoes 3.1 miles
Walnut Tree 3.1 miles
White Horse 3.5 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: free
Sprawling C14th timbered building, with a busy food trade. Swimming pool for customers during the summer.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; Greene King IPA, Abbot; Nethergate Umbel Ale (summer), Old Growler (winter); guest beerCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
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
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
