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Ipswich Summerhouse
Ipswich Summerhouse
also traded as Wig & Pen, Bar Beristo, Glasshouse, Muswells, Broadwalk
South West, 52.05719,1.15354
closed 17th July 2010
opened 1980s
9 Buttermarket, IP1 1BQ
grid reference TM 162 445
This was a smart, split level town centre bar which offered food during daytime.
It closed in July 2010 and was subsequently converted into a clothes shop.
The building dates from the late 19th century.
Owner/operator: Unicorn Inns
[Wig & Pen]
Decorated in typical Unicorn Inns style and popular with the smart 20-30 year old set. Beer quality reasonable and a considerable improvement on its previous incarnations as Muswells and the Broadwalk.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; Draught Bass; Greene King Abbot; guest beer.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Gallery
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)