grid reference TM 160 445
opened approx. 1689
owner EI Group
(details under review)
Data from the Food Standards Agency live feed.
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opening hours:
- Mon-Thu: 1100-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1100-2400
- Sun: 1800-2200
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Ipswich is Ipswich Borough Council
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated 31/12/2019
The pub offers gaming areas and various seating areas including an outside patio.
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 probably born here in approximately 1473.
It is believed to be the oldest pub of this name in East Anglia.
Beer served through handpulls
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Evening meals
Traditional pub games available
Dog friendly
Family friendly
Bus stop nearby (see public transport tab for details)
Railway station about 0.6 mile away (see public transport tab for details)
live music
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
(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)