android appNeedham Market Rampant Horse
opening hours
- Mon: 1700-2200
- Tue: 1200-2200
- Wed-Thu: 1200-2300
- Fri-Sat: 1200-2330
- Sun: 1200-2200
food times
- Mon: closed
- Tue-Sat: 1200-1430, 1800-2100
- Sun: 1200-1800
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Needham Market is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Oct 19th, 2021.
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Needham Market Rampant Horse
formerly Chequers, Cross House, Kings Arms, Ram, White Horse, Fleece
North West, 52.15198,1.05402
Real Ale is sold here.
Coddenham Rd, IP6 8AU
grid reference TM 090 548
opened 1544
owner/operator: Calvor's
A timber framed building with an old beamed bar which has been a pub (on and off) since 1544.
Reopened April 2021 under new ownership.
Historically also listed at Station Yard.
Facilities
Beer festivals
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Oversized, lined glasses in regular use
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Real fire
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 0.1 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Needham Market: 92 yards (85m)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Swan 0.03 mile
Limes 0.25 mile
Lion 0.29 mile
Three Tuns 0.34 mileHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
This timber framed building dates back to about 1500. It has also been listed at Station Yard.
As a pub it opened as the Chequers in 1544. it was called Cross House in 1590 and the Kings Arms for a short while from 1618. It was renamed the Ram in 1750, and then renamed the White Horse in 1775 when Susan Baldry and Robert Dickenson owned the inn. In 1804 it was renamed the Fleece, when it was sold to John Cobbold, a brewer in Eye. It finally became the Rampant Horse in 1830.
Note: When the pub was renamed "The Ram" in the 1750s, the locals called it the "Rammy" for a short time.****
Part of the original building was demolished in 1849 to provide access for the new railway station.…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1891 census information from Dudley Diaper)
(various information from book "Needham Market Pubs" by Desmond and Shelagh Herring)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** historic detail from Abi Pullen-Game)
