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Stowmarket Little Wellington
Stowmarket Little Wellington
formerly Wellington, Sutton's
North West, 52.19127,1.00056
Cask Ale is sold here.
12 Stowupland Rd, IP14 5AG
grid reference TM 051 590
opened about 1850
An excellent community pub, convenient for the railway station. There's live music on Saturday evenings. It was purchased from Greene King by pub regular Peter Garner, who renovated and re-opened it in March 2011.
Facilities
- Accessible to disabled customers
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Beer served through handpumps
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
- Dogs welcome
- Family friendly
- Live music
- Parking
- Real fire
- Traditional pub games available
- WiFi available: Free - ask at bar for the key
Railway station about 0.1 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
Good pub, convenient for the station and with a reputation for value for money Sun lunch. Large garden.
Beers: Greene King IPA, AbbotCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The pub was called the Wellington or Duke of Wellington until at least 1861, Sutton's Beerhouse by 1871 and until at least 1881, and the Little Wellington from at least 1891.
Landlords
Footnote
In 1830 the Duke of Wellington was Prime Minister when the the Beer Act was introduced to help create Beer Houses - a new lower tier of premises permitted to sell alcohol. Under the 1830 Act any householder who paid rates could apply, with a one-off payment of two guineas, to sell beer or cider in their home (usually the front parlour) and even brew on the premises. The permission did not extend to the sale of spirits or fortified wines.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information from Neil Langridge - and also Brian Southgate - see their book "Stowmarket, Combs and Stowupland Pubs" published by Polstead Press in 2009)