| Licensees : |
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| THOMAS
BARKER |
to February
1794 |
| - |
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| HENRY HAYNES |
1832 - 1845 |
J CHAPMAN
( In trades section of 1846 directory - J Rodwell in Gazetteer ) |
1846 |
JAMES RODWELL
age 63 in 1851 |
1846 - 1856 |
SIMON WALKER
& gardener |
1858 - 1861 |
| WILLIAM WEBB |
1865 - 1869 |
| MELISSA WEBB |
1871 |
SIDNEY LING
& plumber 1877
& painter 1891 |
1875 - 1912 |
| WILLIAM WEBB |
1916 - 1922 |
| EDWARD M. GIBBINGS |
1925 |
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| RICHARD
JOSEPH |
1986 - 2002 |
| ADELE FISHER |
2002 - 2004 |
| JAMES
LOVELOCK |
2004 - 2005 |
DEBBIE
GARRATT
General Manager |
2005 - |
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Dates from 1655 - Built by John Peck.
King Charles II had breakfast here 27th September 1671,
stopping on route to Yarmouth.
It seems he was treated by the Rt Hon Lord Cornwallis.
Shown on Bryants 1826 map.
Once had a sign created by John Fairchild that straddled the road.
It cost £1057 in 1655. Apart from a White Hart it included carved figures of Diana,
Actaeon with angels, Neptune, Justice, Lions and several other figures, one of which acted
as a weather vane. The sign was removed c1750, being considered dangerous.
One reference ( H. G. Anderson, 1933 ) gives the destruction of the sign as c1803, at the
same time as a large bed from within the inn - said to have been capable of accommodating
30 to 40 persons.
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Norfolk Chronicle 1 February 1794
SCOLE INN
Kitchen, bar room,
pantries, larder, 5 parlours on the groundfloor, a spacious diningroom and
twelve good rooms upon the second floor and attics, with four good cellars
and wine vaults. Also stabling with haylofts for 40 horses, three
chaise houses, 3 granaries and other convenient outbuildings, with a large
extensive yard. Also a garden containing half an acre, two parts
walled round, well planted with fruit and herbs and two paddocks or
enclosures of rich land adjoining.
`The
situation of this inn renders it most eligible and certain for the road
business being nearly an equal distance from Norwich, Ipswich, Bury,
Beccles and Thetford and the mail and stage coaches pass and repass daily
to and from London to Norwich, through Ipswich and Bury. Mr Thomas
Barker proprietor (retiring).
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Morgans sales for 1960 were :-
Barrels of beer 170
Spirits 272
One of only 18 Norfolk public houses recommended by the Egon Ronay pub guide
of 1969.
Known today as the SCOLE INN.
Grade 1 listed building.
Today offering full hotel facilities.
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