android appBury St Edmunds Edmundo Lounge
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Bury St Edmunds is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Aug 2nd, 2021.
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Bury St Edmunds Edmundo Lounge
formerly Griffin
North East, 52.24669,0.71196
Premises are licensed, but not classed as a pub.
This category includes restaurants, hotels, etc where it's possible that drinks can only be had with a meal, for example. It also includes places like wine bars, that serve no beer of any kind on tap.
28 Cornhill, IP33 1DY
grid reference TL 852 644
Café bar
A Café bar which opened (we think) in 2017 in the former Griffin (closed 1982) building.
Not yet surveyed, but on the evidence of the website, it appears that only keg beers are available.
Facilities
Railway station about 0.5 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Bury St Edmunds: 0.5 miles (0.8km)
Karooze 0.03 mile
Grapes 0.03 mile
Tavern on St. John's 0.03 mile
Gym 0.05 mile
King's Arms 0.11 mile
Corn Exchange bar 0.13 mileHistorical interest
It's shown here on an old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
A billiard match, 300 up, for £50, came off on 14th March 1870 at the Half Moon Hotel, between Mr Hammond, of the Griffin Hotel, and Mr Spinks. Mr Hammond conceded his opponent 60 points, and kept easily ahead in the early part of the game, and although Mr Spinks subsequently gained upon him, at the conclusion of the match Mr Hammond was declared the winner by only four points.Ipswich Journal, March 1870**
Edward Lee, from the Old White Hart, Mildenhall, has taken the Griffin Inn in Bury, late in the occupation of Henry Wynlock, deceased.Ipswich Journal, 27 Feb 1779***
Site occupied until the early 2010s by 'The Officer's Club' shop…
Landlords
Footnote
A griffin is a fabulous monster - half eagle and half lion - popular in heraldry and often spelt griffon or gryphon.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(*** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)
