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listed building grade II
last updated May 11th, 2022.
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Mendlesham Fleece
North East, 52.24965,1.07946
Closed: late 2012
opened 16th century
Front St, IP14 5RX
grid reference TM 103 657
The Fleece was a characterful 15th century beamed pub where 'Ring the Bull' was played.
Towards its later days it specialised in South African food, with many exotic meats on the menu.
The pub closed towards the end of 2012 (precise date unknown). Planning permission for conversion to residential use was granted in July 2014.
Gallery
King's Head 0.13 mile
Walnut Tree 1.72 miles
Trowel & Hammer 2.4 miles
Four Horseshoes 3.1 miles
Black Horse 3.3 milesHistorical interest
The pub is thought to have been listed in Corn Hill in 1861.
To be sold by auction, by direction of the Mortgagees, with powers of sale, Lot 1, all that substantial and well timbered free hold messuage, called the Fleece, situated in Mendlesham, having frontage next the street of 75 ft, and comprising of a parlour, 2 kitchens, back house, pantries, cellar, 6 chambers, and attics, with extensive carpenters and blacksmith's shops at the back, and 1r 27p of yard or garden ground, now in the occupations of Mrs Susannah Crowe and Mr Ishmael Quinton…
Landlords
Footnote
The fleece is a common reference to the wool trade that was very important in Suffolk, particularly in 17th & 18th cent. until cheap imports from the colonies undermined the trade.
NOTE: A messuage equates to a dwelling-house and may include outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden - this may have been an earlier structure to the current property.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
