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Bungay White Swan
Bungay White Swan
also traded as Sygnets, Swanson's, Swan
South East, 52.45567,1.43687
closed 2018
Closed and boarded up. Planning application for erection of micro-brewery at rear granted.
last owner/operator: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns)
16 Market Place, NR35 1AW
grid reference TM 336 897
The pub is shown (but un-named) on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Small local in the centre of town, which shows lots of sport and hosts karaoke and themed party events.
Tucked in a corner adjacent to Bigod's castle, the White Swan is a building dating from the 17th century.
Reported in early January 2018 to be closed and boarded up. Local rumours suggest it's been sold and will be renovated and reopened. However, when visited in July 2019, it was still boarded-up and appeared to still be on the market.
Gallery
Historical interest
[Swan]
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Two bar pub, retaining plenty of atmosphere. Popular games haunt.
Beer: Whitbread Flowers IPA.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The pub was formerly listed at 4 St Mary's Street.
At one time it was run as a nightclub.
To be sold by auction, at the King's Arms, Halesworth, on the 17th Jan 1821, as part of a large sale of Independent Inns and Public House, of established trade, in Suffolk, Lot 5., the Swan, public house at Bungay…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.