Sudbury Painter's Cafe at the Angel
listed building grade II
last updated Oct 27th, 2022.
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Sudbury Painter's Cafe at the Angel
North West, 52.03631,0.72788
Closed:
11 October is when Painters Cafe moved to the Angel.
opened pre-1742
last owner/operator: Admiral Taverns (formerly Hawthorn Leisure)
43 Friars St, CO10 2AG
grid reference TL 872 410
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from 1881 larger map).
Primarily a hotel with a bar. This ancient, 17th-century former posting house possibly had a brewery in the 18th century. Retains a Mauldons brewery window.
Gallery
Courtyard Tap 0.13 mile
Lady Elizabeth 0.18 mile
Wagon 0.24 mile
Gainsborough 0.25 mile
White Horse 0.27 mile
Comfortable Cow 0.28 mileHistorical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
Cosy, listed town pub. The frontage retains an original Mauldons window. B&B.
Beers: Greene King IPA, AbbotCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be lett, the Angel Inn, Sudbury, situate near the Market Place with very good Accommodation for Travellers in Coaches or on Horseback and a Stage Coach calling there every day. Enquire of Mr Thomas Warner, Butcher, at Sudbury or of Mr Arthur Brewster at the said Inn.Ipswich Journal, March 6th 1742***
John Barnard, who drove a Stage Coach from Bury St Edmunds to London for several years, has taken the Angel Inn in Sudbury.Ipswich Journal, September 25th 1742***
To be sold or lett, the Angel Inn in Sudbury…
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 Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
