About Us

The Angel Inn is a fine timbered, 16th century building, that has been an inn since the 17th century. In 1722 it was purchased from George Evans by John Williams of Tendring Hall, and by 1793 had been let to George Simpson for £18, becoming known as The Angel Inn, with a brewhouse, stables and two large orchards.

The Angel Inn at Stoke by Nayland

Stoke by Nayland is in the heart of the area where John Constable found inspiration for many of his masterpieces and Suffolk landscapes. He once wrote “I associate my careless boyhood with all that lies on the banks of the Stour; those scenes made me a painter”. In the centre of the village is St Mary’s church, with it’s 120 foot perpendicular grand tower, a favourite of Constable’s, which appears in several of his paintings, although not always in the right place. Simon Jenkins, in England’s 1000 Best Churches, says “when the bells of Stoke by Nayland ring, all Suffolk stops to listen”.

To this day The Angel Inn remains a traditional 16th century oak beamed ‘coaching house’, in the heart of this idyllic Suffolk village, offering all the comfort of modern life, in an historic setting.