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Ipswich Blooming Fuchsia
Ipswich Blooming Fuchsia
South, 52.05278,1.17935
closed November 2009
opened about 1870
167 Foxhall Rd, IP3 8LB
grid reference TM 180 441
This had a large single bar with an adjoining conservatory overlooking an enclosed garden.
This was, as far as can be ascertained, the only pub of this name in the entire country.
It finally closed its doors for the last time in late November 2009 after sporadic opening and closing over several years. The building has been demolished and replaced with six houses. Following a campaign by local Camra members, it's a condition of the planning permission that the unique tiled sign should be preserved and displayed on a wall of the development for as long as it stands. This was put back in place in April 2011.
Originally only a beerhouse, the pub was first recorded in 1862. According to one source, it was granted a full license in 1896. However, according to the Borough Police licensed premises register 1903-1923, the Colchester Brewery Company gave up the licenses of the Orwell House and Eagle Tavern in exchange for a full license here in 1903.
Edward William Goodwin is known to have run the pub as early as (maybe earlier than) 1881. It took him many attempts (between 1881 and 1896) to obtain a full license for the then beerhouse.
Gallery
Historical interest
Owner/operator: Patrician Inns
Currently a single bar which may be converted back into two rooms in the near future. A conservatory area leads to an enclosed garden. Reasonably priced beer.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; Draught Bass; guest beer.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions held in September 1865, W Pegg, landlord of the Blooming Fuschia, Foxhall Road, applied for a spirit license. The application was rejected. Ipswich Journal, Sep 1865**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)