The History – Built in 1450 by a wealthy Wool Merchant, The Bull Hotel has been a Inn since 1570. It is set on the longest high street in East Anglia in the fascinating village of Long Melford. Known as the antiques Capital of the Region Long Melford was famously used as a setting for the TV series ‘Lovejoy.’ Originally the House was built as a rectangle with two wings extending rearwards from its extremities. It is thought that at the rear of the building the workmen were engaged with weaving the cloth which gave the original owner and much of Long Melford fame and fortune. Historians delight in pointing out that the Bull was a well known house before the discovery of America and at a time when the last battles of the Wars of the Roses had not yet been fought. When the original House became an Inn many alterations were done to bring it up to date and fit for its new role. Over the next 100 years more alterations were undertaken to make the Inn a better place for the new coach trade an