android appFelixstowe Orwell Hotel
Local licensing authority for Felixstowe is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Jun 5th, 2020.
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Felixstowe Orwell Hotel
formerly Elizabeth Orwell Hotel, Orwell Moat House
South West, 51.96743,1.35334
This is a hotel, so it's possible that drinks are only available here to residents or diners. Please check before visiting.
Hamilton Rd, IP11 7DX
grid reference TM 304 351
hotel, opened 1898 (built)
owner/operator: Elizabeth Hotels
A large Victorian hotel close to the town centre. It has a small bar area and large sumptuous lounge areas. There's a separate restaurant with carvery on Sundays. It also caters for vegetarian, vegan gluten free or dairy free diets.
Facilities
Accommodation available
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Evening meals
Family friendly
Function room available to hire
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
WiFi available
Railway station about 0.2 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Felixstowe: 352 yards (321m)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Grosvenor 0.36 mile
Cork 0.52 mile
One 29 0.53 mile
Fludyers Hotel 0.57 mile
White Horse 0.66 mile
Falcon 0.69 mileHistorical interest
The hotel is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Built in 1898 by Douglas Tollemache.
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Orwell's license was issued in 1898.
In 1922 listed at Undercliff Road West
Only partly finished at the end of May, 1898, it was open for business on 1st July on the day the town station opened & a celebratory luncheon was held here. The Orwell, like the Felix, was designed & built by Mr Tollemache, in "Helmingham style". It was run in it's early days by Carl Rosinky. In 1966, it underwent a great transformation after it was acquired by Mr Alex Taylor & Mr Charles McCoy, both well-known East Anglian hoteliers. Work began in May & by December, 1966, it had been rebuilt from cellar to roof, the exterior remaining virtually unchanged…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic book information from Bob Mitchell)
