Lawshall Swan
opening hours
- Mon-Tue: closed
- Wed-Thu: 1700-2200
- Fri: 0900-2300
- Sat: 1500-2200
- Sun: 1000-1800
food times
- Mon-Tue: closed
- Wed-Thu: 1800-2100
- Fri: 1100-2300
- Sat: 1500-2100
- Sun: 1000-1700
guest beers
typically beers such as:
- Adnams Southwold Bitter
- Mauldons Ploughmans
- Nethergate Stour Valley Gold
This pub serves 3 guest ales.
source: National
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Lawshall is Babergh
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Oct 19th, 2021.
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Lawshall Swan
North East, 52.15493,0.72788
Cask Ale is sold here.
The St, IP29 4QA
grid reference TL 867 542
Set in the heart of rural Suffolk in the village of Lawshall the Swan Inn is everything that a country pub should be. A beautiful 18th-century thatched building crammed full of period features and lovingly restored in 2013. On the menu you will find all the traditional classics with a few extra culinary delights. On Thursdays, wood-fired pizzas are on offer. A large garden encourages children to play.
There are a number of coins nailed to the underside of the beams in the pub; it was a local custom during the Great War for departing soldiers to nail one up, to be retrieved when they returned. Sadly, many didn't.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers: There is no step-free access, although the entrance threshold is quite low. There is no accessible toilet.
Beer festivals
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Cider (real draught, not keg) available: One available - often fruit flavoured
Dogs welcome: Not in restaurant
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Smoking area
Special events: Occasional live music.
Traditional pub games available: Quoits in summer. No darts
WiFi available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Bury St Edmunds: 8 miles (12.9km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Bush 0.88 mile
Red House 1.82 miles
Crown 2.3 miles
Manger 2.5 miles
Three Horseshoes 2.8 miles
White Horse 3.6 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Greene King
Pretty thatched inn, with a thoroughly traditional bar.
Beers: Greene King IPA, seasonal ale, Abbot.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A report in the Ipswich Journal, on 5 Jan 1820*** states that pub is to be sold (Landlord not noted).
The death was announced on the 1st August 1860 of Mr T Russell of Westgate Road, Bury St Edmund's, aged 19, and the only son of Mr John Russell, of the Swan Inn, Lawshall.Ipswich Journal, August 1850**
Died on 26 March 1865, William Russell, formerly innkeeper of the Swan Inn, Lawshall, aged 60. Ipswich Journal, Apr 1865**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(Some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
