android appWoodbridge Brickmakers Arms (Seckford St)
listed building grade II
last updated Dec 7th, 2021.
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Woodbridge Brickmakers Arms (Seckford St)
also traded as West End Retreat, Half Way House
South East, 52.0941,1.30459
closed 16th July 1909
opened 1863?
77 Seckford St
grid reference TM 264 491
Now a private residence, the pub was built late in the 18th century.
It reportedly stood "opposite the vicarage"; our photo and map location show what we think was the pub - if you can confirm or refute this, please let us know.
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Brickmakers Arms' beerhouse license was issued in 1863. License renewal was refused in 1909.
An earlier Brickmakers Arms's beerhouse was located nearby at Drybridge Hill corner.
Gallery
Angel 0.34 mile
King's Head 0.35 mile
Cherry Tree 0.37 mile
Bull 0.42 mile
Olde Bell & Steelyard 0.46 mile
Crown 0.52 mileHistorical interest
Jacob Button, a beer house keeper of Seckford St, Woodbridge, was found guilty of unlawfully selling beer before half past twelve on a Sunday morning. Button claimed that the man the police had seen standing at his door receiving a can of beer had paid for it on the previous day and was, therefore, only collecting it. Button was fined£4 and 10s 6d costs. Ipswich Journal, July 1875**
Button appealed against an earlier conviction for serving beer during prohibited hours. The case was upheld.Ipswich Journal, 23 Oct 1875**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Closure date from Woodbridge licensing records.
