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Ipswich Suffolk Punch
Ipswich Suffolk Punch
North East, 52.07166,1.1325
Cask Ale is sold here.
429 Norwich Rd, IP1 5DN
grid reference TM 147 461
bar / diner, opened 1937
owner/operator: Stonegate (formerly Ei Group)
A large Grade 2 listed building close to the railway bridge over the Norwich road.
It is a single large bar with an L shaped servery.
Facilities
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
- Function room available to hire
- Live music: Fri & Sat eve
- Parking
- Sport TV
Railway station about 1.7 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical 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)