To get the best out of this site you need Javascript enabled. If you cannot enable Javascript, please use the menu at the page bottom to navigate around the site.
Bramfield Bell
Bramfield Bell
West, 52.31114,1.51896
Closed: October 2008
The St (A144), IP19 9HT
grid reference TM 399 739
This was a basic drinkers' pub with "ring the bull" game.
It closed down in October 2008, with the owners reportedly still living in the building at the time. The pub was noted to be on the market in April 2010.
When visited during the summer of 2013, the building appeared to have been abandoned, with rubbish visible through the window unchanged over a couple of months. When visited in June 2017 it was in the same state; the suspicion that it's been abandoned being strengthened by the fact that the curtains haven't moved from the position they were in back in 2013.
In August 2022 it was observed that the building was undergoing renovation and a new pub sign had been erected. However, in May 2023 it was clear that although the render had been painted the year before, no other renovation work was ongoing and even the curtains and rubbish were still in the same place. So evidently any plans for the building have been given up on.
Originally only licensed as a beerhouse, the Bell got its full license on February 5th, 1962.
Gallery
Historical interest
Owner/operator: free
Good, basic drinkers pub where Ring the Bull can still be played.
Beer: Adnams Mild, Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be sold by auction as part of the estate of the late Robert Haward, gentleman, deceased.
Lot 1. A beer house, called the Bell Inn, with messuage and pightle adjoining, held by Edwards and Furrington. Two months later it was reported that at the auction held at the King's Arms, Halesworth, Lot 1 a beerhouse, cottage and 0a 3r 22p of land sold for £420 and trees at £5.Ipswich Journal, May 1875**
Note: Landlord entries for Robert William Edwards are based on the above report.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)