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PUB LIST | PUBLIC HOUSES | Paul Skelton | ||||||||||
Earliest 1980 |
Tiger |
Open 2020+ |
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Main Street Stowting 01303 862130 http://www.tigerinn.pub/desktop/
In 1980 or thereabouts the villagers of Stowting had tired of the name “Anchor”, so some of the pub regulars decided to put their suggestions for a new name in a bucket and the pub would be called by whichever name was drawn. The winning name, the "Tiger Inn" was entered into the draw because a tiger had supposedly once escaped from a travelling circus and was recaptured nearby using a bedspread. The oldest part of the building dates hack to the 1600s, but most of the additions were carried out in 1839. However, in 1946, when a Mackeson employee visited the pub, he observed that: “There were no counters, a serving hatch being used. Ceiling – Plaster breaking away and needs repair. Walls – Damp in places and brickwork breaking away. There was no piped water to the washing up area. Comment – Rebuild or alterations. Brewery comment – Neither!” However, money was spent on renovation work and in 1931 a new scullery and porch were added at a cost of £150, and that same year the forming and tarring of the forecourt cost £46. The rent during this period was a modest £3/15/- a quarter. During 1953 the pub generator was sold for £10, and in 1954 a bathroom and water closet were installed at a cost of £530. The pub also boasted a skittles alley and, in pre-war days, the landlord would ring a cow bell to draw attention to closing time. However, on 25th March 1976, Whitbread sold the pub, returning it to being a free house, after which it continued to trade on a reasonable basis until the mid 1990s, when the owner, who also ran another pub on nearby Stone Street, got into financial difficulties and had to sell up. There were fears that the pub would either close down or be turned into a “theme” pub, and to prevent this happening it was purchased by a consortium of villagers who worked to build up the business over more than 15 years, before selling the pub on to Innflair Ltd, a business operated by the Nixon family, who have a long history of running food-led family pubs and restaurants. Nowadays the pub presents as a character building, sympathetically restored with an excellent restaurant offering candlelit dining. It still has hitching posts for parking your equine mounts.
LICENSEE LIST JARVIS Benn & OLIVER Emma 2005-08+ FREEMAN Dickie 2021+
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