Bacton Grapes
listed building grade II
last updated Oct 19th, 2021.
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Bacton Grapes
East, 52.26533,1.0078
Closed: between 1840 and 1920
Church Rd
grid reference TM 053 672
Now a farmhouse, the building dates from early/mid 16th century, with alterations around 1600.
Having examined the Hartismere licensing records from 1923 to 1962 and found no trace of this pub, we conclude it must have closed before 1923.
Gallery
Bull 0.32 mile
Trowel & Hammer 0.88 mile
King's Head 3.3 miles
King's Arms 3.5 miles
Four Horseshoes 3.8 miles
Maypole 4.0 milesHistorical interest
Auction of the Grapes Inn, Bacton, with the dwelling house, farming buildings, premises & altogether 22a[cres] 0r[ods] 25p[erches] of superior arable & pasture land, occupied by Mr C. JENNINGS.Ipswich Journal, June 19th 1847**
Landlords
1847: Mr C. JENNINGS ((Auction of the Grapes Inn, Bacton - occupied by - 19 Jun**))
1851: Richard Crawley Potter ((Innkeeper & Farmer & Post Office, Head/Married/35y/born Stoke Ash))
1855: Ebenezer Thurman
1861: Ebenezer Thurman ((Innkeeper & Tailor employing 3 men & 1 boy) Head/35y/Finningham, Suffolk)
1861: + Maria Thurman (Wife/46y/Cotton, Suffolk)
(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 Bob Mitchell)
