android appBradfield Combust Manger
opening hours
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Sat: 1200-2230
- Sun: 1200-2000
food times
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Sat: 1200-1430, 1730-2000
- Sun: 1200-1630
regular cask ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
listed building grade II
Bradfield Combust is part of the Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield parish.
Local licensing authority for Bradfield Combust is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Nov 29th, 2023.
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Bradfield Combust Manger
formerly White House
East, 52.18169,0.76664
Cask Ale is sold here.
Sudbury Rd, IP30 0LW
grid reference TL 892 573
opened before 1500
owner/operator: Admiral Taverns (formerly Hawthorn Leisure)
Heavily beamed bar with inglenook fireplace. The building dates from the late 15th century, with 16th & 17th century alterations. Apparently it's the only Manger pub in the country. Achieved Cask Marque status June 2017.
It's the only pub with this name in the country.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Bury St Edmunds: 5.7 miles (9.2km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Red House 0.67 mile
Rushbrooke Arms 2.3 miles
Swan 2.5 miles
Horseshoes Inn 2.9 miles
Bush 2.9 miles
Bennet Arms 3.2 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 ( larger map)
Owner/operator: Greene King
The country's only Manger. Heavily beamed, with an inglenook fireplace. Full à la carte menu and function room for hire.
Beer: Greene King IPA, Seasonal Ale, Abbot.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal*** on May 18th 1765 to James Biddell (formerly of the Red-Lyon in Brook Street, Ipswich), having taken the Bradfield Manger, near Bury.
Married in January 1815; Mr Abraham Cocksedge to Miss Plummer, only daughter of Mr John Plummer, of the Manger, at Bradfield…
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)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA members since 1978)
