Ipswich Suffolk Punch
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Ipswich is Ipswich Borough Council
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Mar 30th, 2025.
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Ipswich Suffolk Punch
North East, 52.07166,1.1325
Currently closed but expected to reopen.
429 Norwich Rd, IP1 5DN
grid reference TM 147 461
bar / diner, opened 1937
owner/operator: Stonegate
A large Grade II listed building close to the railway bridge over the Norwich road. Offers two cask beers on hand pump, and karaoke, disco, live music and various pub games.
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)
Family friendly
Function room available to hire
Live music: Fri & Sat eve
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Special events: karaoke, disco
Sport TV
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 1.7 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Ipswich: 1.7 miles (2.7km)
Red Lion 0.39 mile
Flying Horse 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)
