Ipswich Suffolk Punch
listed building grade II
last updated Dec 6th, 2025.
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Ipswich Suffolk Punch
North East, 52.07166,1.1325
Closed:
Closed again at the beginning of July 2026
opened 1937
last owner/operator: Stonegate
429 Norwich Rd, IP1 5DN
grid reference TM 147 461
A prominent Grade II listed building with a single large bar located close to the railway bridge over the Norwich road. Offers one or two cask beers on hand pump, and regular live music plus various events and pub games.
Gallery
Red Lion 0.39 mile
Flying Horse Cafe & Bar 0.61 mile
Brewers Arms 0.90 mile
Earl Kitchener 0.90 mile
Mermaid 0.94 mile
Man on the Moon 0.95 mileHistorical interest
Owner/operator: Inntrepeneur
Large busy pub, built in the usual 1930s Tolly style.
Beers: ScotCo Theakston Best Bitter; ScotCo Webster's Yorkshire Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Re-opened late February 2010 after a long period of closure.
After a break of 15 years this pub started selling Real Ale in September 2012.
Landlords
Footnote
Once known as a "Tolly Folly". In the 1930s the Tollemache brewery underwent a large expansion, first taking over the Cambridge Star Brewery and then building a number of vast mock-baronial estate pubs, mostly in Ipswich. The ornate style, and the scale of the expansion, led to these new buildings being known as the Tolly Follies. They were losely based on the design of the Tollemache stately home, Helmingham Hall.
Helmingham Hall is a moated manor house in Helmingham. It was begun by John Tollemache in 1480 and has been owned by the Tollemache family ever since. The house is built around a courtyard in typical late medieval/Tudor style. It is not open to the public.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
