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Ipswich Black Horse
regular real ales
- Wychwood Hobgoblin [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Ipswich is Ipswich Borough Council
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 13th, 2021.
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Ipswich Black Horse
Real Ale is sold here.
29 Black Horse Ln, IP1 2EF
grid reference TM 160 445
opened approx. 1689
owner/operator: Ei Group
The pub offers gaming areas and various seating areas including an outside patio. There's often live music at weekends.
Under new management as of August 2020, so details may have changed.
Although the building has been a pub "only" since about 1689, it was standing for some time before that; historians believe that Thomas Wolsey was possibly born here in approximately 1473.
It is believed to be the oldest pub of this name in East Anglia.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 0.6 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Ipswich: 0.6 miles (1.0km)
Arcade Street Tavern 0.07 mile
Swan & Hedgehog 0.11 mile
Manning's 0.12 mile
Falcon 0.16 mile
Three Wise Monkeys 0.18 mile
Cosy Club 0.19 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
Ref to Mr Simon Sparrow, deceased, late of the Black Horse, St Mary Elms Parish, Ipswich.Ipswich Journal, May 12th 1759***
To be sold, the Black Horse, in St Mary Elms, Ipswich, and also a Piece of exceeding good Garden-Ground, with plenty of good Fruit-Trees and good Wail-Trees.Ipswich Journal, December 19th 1772***
To be put off, with immediate possession, that old established public house, the Black Horse, situated in St Mary Elms, Ipswich, with household furniture, fixtures, stock of liquors, etc.; belonging to these premises, is a large and productive garden. Eight aces of arable land and pasture may also be had. Ipswich Journal, Jan 1820**
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Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information from Old inns of Suffolk by Leonard P Thompson)
(information from Dudley Diaper)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(**** information supplied by Neil Langridge)
