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North Cove Three Horseshoes
North Cove Three Horseshoes
formerly Horse Shoes
South West, 52.44696,1.62019
Real Ale is sold here.
Old Lowestoft Rd, NR34 7PH
grid reference TM 461 893
owner/operator: Wellington / Roadhouse Ltd
This pub sits off the main road in substantial grounds from which can be glimpsed St Botolphs Church, a 13th-14th Century flint and brick building with a thatch roof. Adjacent to the pub car park is a large grassed garden with bench seating and a gravel court for boules. A paved patio with covered seating leads from the car park to the pub's entrance above which is a Norwich Brewery Co lamp. Inside the building is a characterful old pub displaying horse-related memorabilia with a dining area and several distinct drinking areas.
The pub was built mid 17th century and has an 18th century extension. It has approximately 4 acres of land on which events can be held.
Facilities
Beer festivals: occasional small beer festivals
Beer garden or other outside drinking area: in front of pub
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome: on leads during Apr-Oct
Evening meals
Family friendly
Function room available to hire
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Smoking area: paved terrace at front
Special events
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 2.7 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
The Beccles Brewery was sold with a house, gardens, building plots, a hotel [Kings Head] and 32 public houses previously owned by Frederick William Farr, at the Kings Head in Beccles on 28 Apr 1852. See Suffolk Archives Ref: 559/1 - This sale included the Horseshoes, North Cove [landlord Robert Elliot junior]
Three labourers from Beccles, Gray, Rouse, and Gilding, were found guilty of being drunk and disorderly and refusing to quit the Horse Shoes public house, North Cove, when asked to do so by the landlord Abner Hunt. Hunt described how three men caused a disturbance by fighting, breaking glasses, mugs and a chair. They were each fined 12s 6d. 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)
