When the Stroud Brewery acquired the Tetbury Brewery in 1933 a huge wooden sign was erected on the roof of the building which read: ‘Plough Inn. The Stroud Brewery Company. Ales & Stouts. Wines & Spirits’.


As the Sour Grapes wine bar (courtesy Paul Best)

The Plough closed many years ago and is now trading as a licensed restaurant. It is next to the Old Court House at the bottom of Long Street.



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Licensing Details:

Owner in 1891: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1891: £15.5s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Messrs N. & W. Cook, Tetbury Brewery

Rateable value in 1903: £16.15s.0d.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm


Landlords at the Plough Inn include:

1885,1891 William Sessions Jenkins

1902,1906 Samuel Frederick Wildsmith

1913,1919 James Purnell

1927,1939 Mrs Florence Alice Purnell

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