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Melton Coach & Horses
Melton Coach & Horses
North East, 52.10362,1.32875
Cask Ale is sold here.
Melton Rd, IP12 1QB
grid reference TM 280 502
opened 1547
owner/operator: deben inns
This pub is operated by Deben Inns. It has a spacious bar and restaurant areas that offer a wide range of drinks & home cooked food to a high standard.
The pub also caters for corporate events and holds cookery courses. There are plans to use some old brewery recipes from the former Melton brewery (which was located adjacent to the pub) to help recreate lost beers.
The building dates from the 17th century, with several subsequent extensions.
Facilities
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Beer served through handpumps
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
- Dogs welcome
- Evening meals
- Family friendly
- Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
- Parking
- Real fire
- Restaurant or separate dining area
- Separate bar
- Smoking area
- WiFi available: free.
Railway station about 0.6 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Inntrepeneur
Pleasant exterior houses a multitude of gaming machines, loud TV and piped music.
Beers: Morland Old Speckled Hen.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be lett, the Coach and Horses, Melton...Enquire of Mr Robert Sherman in Melton.Ipswich Journal, September 18th 1756***
Auction of the well accustomed Public-House, the Coach and Horses in Melton, together with the outhouses, yards, gardens and orchard to the same belonging, and now in the occupation of Ann Farrow, widow…
Landlords
Footnote
Coach & horses became a popular means of transport for many travellers during the 17th and 18th cent. especially for those who could not afford their own vehicle. As regular services evolved, they encouraged many inns enroute to become natural stopping points for refreshments - with journeys broken into stages (about 8 miles) - and many eventually provided stabling to enable regular changes of horses. Their demise started in 1840s with the building of the railway network.
(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)