The Green Man is said to have been open in the 1920s, though we're not sure for how long. The pub had a long association with smugglers, who would bring their booty up the river Deben as far as Debenham and then take it cross-country to here. The building in our photographs and on our map is identified as the former Green Man in the Listed Buildings Register.

We have examined the Hartismere licensing records from 1923 to 1962 and found no trace of this pub. In addition, there's no mention of it in the 1910 Rates book, and it doesn't appear as a pub on OS mas so it seems likely it closed before 1910, so the 1920s claim in the Listed Buildings Register may be inaccurate. In addition, it doesn't appear as a pub on OS maps between 1884 and today.

The building is a 16th century former farmhouse.