Ipswich Case is Altered
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 1100-2300
regular cask ales
- Greene King IPA [H]
Local licensing authority for Ipswich is Ipswich Borough Council
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Sep 26th, 2023.
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Ipswich Case is Altered
South, 52.06158,1.17496
Cask Ale is sold here.
341-343 Woodbridge Rd, IP4 4EZ
grid reference TM 177 451
opened about 1815
A large two bar pub.
The original Case is Altered was reputedly built in 1815 to cater for troops billeted in the area. The present building dates from some time between 1904 and 1927; older maps showing the pub only occupying a smaller building located where the eastern end of the present pub now stands. This has since been demolished.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Separate bar
Sport TV
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 1.1 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Derby Road: 1.1 miles (1.8km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Duke 0.28 mile
Fat Cat 0.31 mile
Old Times 0.37 mile
Harp 0.50 mile
Pony & Trap 0.55 mile
Brickmakers' Arms 0.57 mileHistorical interest
The original pub building is shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Large suburban local
Beers: Ansell's Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Also listed at Albion Hill in 1830, at 901 Woodbridge Rd (1865) and at 353 & 355 Woodbridge Rd (in 1871 & 1874 & 1891).
An announcement of the marriage on the 11th May, at St John’s Church, Ipswich, by the Rev. W S King, William James, only son of Mr W J Cook, of the Case is Altered Inn, to Sarah Emily (Emmie), youngest daughter of the late Charles Roberts, hairdresser, all of Ipswich.Ipswich Journal, May 1890**
Arthur Smith listed at the Case is Altered in the Cobbolds & co Tenant rent book at £15pa from Nov 1898 to Jul 1901 (Suffolk Archives doc ref HA231/5/3)…
Landlords
Footnote
The "Case is Altered" was first used by an Elizabethan lawyer, Edmund Plowden and referred to new evidence in a legal case. Later Ben Johnson - an Elizabethan playright - also used it as a name for a comedy (written before 1599).
Mick Holland also reports that the name "case is altered" probably came from the peninsular war (during Napoleonic wars) where the Middlesex regiment were stationed at Casa de Altoria in Spain helping the Spanish and Portuguese forces defeat the French army between 1808 to 1814. At the end of the conflict soldiers were given land and money for their part and several opened pubs named after the town where they were stationed. The name got changed over the years to the "case is altered" hence the fact that today they are all over the country.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
