android appFramsden Greyhound
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Framsden is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Apr 30th, 2024.
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Framsden Greyhound
formerly Dobermann
North West, 52.19165,1.21454
Currently closed but expected to reopen.
The pub has been purchased by a community group, Framsden Social Enterprises Community Benefit Society Ltd, who are in the process of restoring the pub, and plan to reopen later in 2024.
The St, IP14 6HG
grid reference TM 198 596
bar / diner, opened 16th century
owner/operator: Framsden Social Enterprises Community Benefit Society Ltd / Framsden Social Enterprises
It can be seen on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Small homely pub with a good reputation for food. No children under 14 were allowed in the pub, but they were allowed to use the garden. The pub was renamed by the last landlady, who used to be a successful breeder of Dobermanns.
The pub was built about 1600, with 18th & 19th century alterations.
Late in 2023 it was announced that government funding had been secured by a community group hoping to reopen the pub. In 2024 the community group completed the purchase of the pub.
They are actively seeking people who would be interested in buying shares to help renovate the pub. See framsdengreyhound.co.uk or email info@framsdengreyhound.co.uk.
Latest news: the share prospectus will be launched at Framsden village hall (IP14 HQ) on Thursday June 27th at 1900.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Westerfield: 8.7 miles (14.0km)
Bell 1.89 miles
Rose 2.5 miles
White Hart 2.5 miles
Woolpack 2.6 miles
Lion 2.7 miles
Victoria 2.9 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: free
Small homely pub, deservedly popular for its good quality ale and food.
Beers: Adnams Bitter, Broadside, Tally Ho; Morland Old Speckled Hen.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, September 14th 1728*** to the Greyhound in Framsden.
Steve Podd reports: 1736 Tollemache archive: ‘a messuage in Framsden known by the sign of the Greyhound’; 1784 Tollemache archive: The Greyhound; 1803 estate map: ‘The Dog’; 1840 tithe map: ‘The Greyhound Inn’. A Cobbold house in 1840. I suspect it was never actually called the ‘Dog’; more likely that the map surveyor saw a sign, but either couldn’t recognise the breed, or out of laziness just recorded it as the ‘Dog’.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** Last Orders is a free local newsletter -
published by Suffolk CAMRA memers since 1978)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
