Address:

The Bull and Swan
High Street
St Martin's
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2LJ
01780 766412
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Mon-Fri 7-11.45; Sat-Sun 8-11.45

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The Bull and Swan

Sometime in the late 16th or early 17th century an old medieval stone-built open hall house at no. 25 High Street, St Martin's, was converted into a travellers' inn. This may well have happened when a first floor and a northern cross wing, with a carriage entrance, were added in the late 16th Century.

In the early 17th Century the front wall was rebuilt with fashionable canted window bays with large mullion and transom windows on the first floor. These alterations may have been associated with the buildings use as an inn, but the earliest reference to it having such a function is in a lease of 1660 when it was called the Falcon & Woolpack.

In 1739 the pub was taken over by Walter Robinson, a former coachman to the Earl of Exeter, who changed the name to the Bull & Swan.

The pub is more a gastro pub these days, but does serve real ales. Food is served Monday to Saturday 12-2.30pm, 6pm-9pm, Sunday 12-8pm. There are good choices for vegetarians as well.

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