android appLittle Thurlow Cock
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Little Thurlow is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Nov 21st, 2021.
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Little Thurlow Cock
East, 52.12994,0.44962
Currently closed - may reopen?
The St, CB9 7LA
grid reference TL 677 507
bar / diner, opened 1600
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
A former coaching inn with open fireplaces & patio at rear. The inn was sold to Greene King Breweries in 1934 and reverted to private hands in 2004. Serving 3 real ales on rotation.
The building dates from the 17th century.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Village shop or similar facility on-site
WiFi available: free.
Gallery
Red Lion 1.82 miles
White Horse 2.6 miles
Three Ways 3.1 miles
Barnardiston Arms 3.2 miles
Flying Shuttle 3.2 miles
Plough 3.6 milesHistorical interest
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, 10 March 10th 1744*** to the Cock at Thurlow.
Robert Adkins from Thurlow Cock has hired and enter'd the Bushel Inn in Bury St Edmunds.Ipswich Journal, March 9th 1751***
Article in Cambridge News (early September 2015) -- see story here -- about the proposed sale of the Cock in Little Thurlow and the possibility of villagers attempting to buy, what is, the last pub in both Thurlows.
Free-of-tie from Greene King since Nov 13, 2013.
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)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
