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Metfield Duke William
West, 52.37149,1.37018
closed August 2009
The St, IP20 0LB
grid reference TM 295 801
The original pub building is shown as an unnamed beerhouse on this old OS map from 1883 (interactive map).
This was a large rural pub with 'Twister' in the main bar. There were hitching rails in car-park and a child friendly garden.
The pub closed in August 2009 with much local acrimony reported in the local media. It was converted into tearooms, but we noted in June 2015 that it's now a B&B.
The present building replaced another pub of the same name nearby (see the gallery); we don't know when, but it must have been after 1903, as a large-scale OS map of that year shows no buildings where the later pub was.
Owner/operator: free
Large rural pub with a growing reputation for food whilst still being run as a pub serving good ale. Twister can be played in the bar; children may prefer the swings in the front garden. Note the hitching rails in the car park.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; Draught Bass or Greene King Abbot, IPA; guest beer (independent).CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Gallery
Sir Alfred Munnings 2.3 miles
Swan 2.7 miles
Fox & Goose 2.7 miles
Buck 3.2 miles
Black Swan 3.5 milesHistorical interest
Thought to be 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
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
