The Victoria County History says that it had opened at a cottage on the main road east of Churchend by 1746. Tidenham rate books for 1773 describe it as being at Stroat.
The Sugar Loaf was sold in December 1819 for £320. The inn was on the opposite side of the road to the ‘roundhouse’ and was closed by the widow of the solicitor T.H. Morgan, who died on January 11th, 1889. Mrs Christina Morgan was an active teetotaller and built a Memorial Hall at Woodcroft. Her daughter Emily built a Temperance Hall at Strout. There is no mention of the Sugar Loaf in the 1891 licensing records.
Landlords at the Sugar Loaf include:
1773-1774 Richard Tyler
1775-1786 James Gunter
1789-1791 Edmund Lewis
1792-1799 Widow Lewis
1855-1863 Charles Young
1867 A. Allwood
1868 – Turner
1871 John Collier
1887-1888 Walter Lewis
1888-1892 James Clutterbuck
