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Ipswich Orwell Tavern
Ipswich Orwell Tavern
South, 52.05548,1.15918
Closed: between 1840 and 1920
opened 1736
13 Orwell Place
grid reference TM 166 443
This was built (date unrecorded) as a private house and converted into an inn in 1736, according to the Listed Buildings Register.
The building number is from the modern numbering scheme for this street; we record older pubs as being at no. 13 but they are known to have stood further west. The numbers are assumed to have been changed to take account of the many demolitions along Tacket Street.
It probably reopened as a new pub for a short period about 1900.
Gallery
Historical interest
13-15 Orwell Place is recorded as Orwell Tavern in the 1901 census, which probably has no connection with the 1736 inn, except it uses the same building. (The Eclipse is recorded at 17 Orwell Place in 1901).
The address is listed as a refreshment house in 1891 and a hardware dealer in 1916.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)