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Bury St Edmunds Edmundo Lounge
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
Historical interest
It's shown here on an old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
To be sold by auction all the household furniture, wines, liquors, beer casks, china, glass linen and other effects of Jacob Reach at the Griffin Inn in the Market Place in Bury, who is going to Ixworth Pickerel… Ipswich Journal, 4 Oct 1794
A billiard match, 300 up, for £50, came off on 14 March 1870 at the Half Moon Hotel, between Mr Hammond, of the Griffin Hotel, and Mr Spinks…
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)