android appBrandon Bell
Local licensing authority for Brandon is West Suffolk
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Nov 29th, 2023.
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Brandon Bell
formerly One Bell
West, 52.44883,0.62373
Currently closed - may reopen?
Closed sometime in 2022, owner seeking new tenant
48 High St, IP27 0AQ
grid reference TL 783 866
High Street local with its coaching inn origins still visible. Fine blocked-in 'tax windows', of which Brandon has many, are proudly displayed. Pub car park is accessed from Lode Street. Now fully free, having been purchased by the current management from Elizabeth Hotels group. There are 4 recently built units for B & B accommodation.
Facilities
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Beer served through handpumps
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Parking
Real fire
Traditional pub games available: billiards & darts
WiFi available
Railway station about 0.4 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Flintknappers 0.08 mile
Ram 0.22 mile
Great Eastern Hotel 0.32 mile
Elveden Inn 4.7 miles
Brewer's Tap 5.0 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: free
No real ale.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Auction of all the Household Furniture and other Effects of Mr. John Neal of the Bell Inn, Brandon.Ipswich Journal, 20 Feb 1779***
To be sold by auction… all that old established and good accustomed public house or inn called the Bell situate in Brandon … consisting of a messuage, stables and other convenient out houses, yard and garden adjoining, now in occupation of Mr William Currey… and also a whitesmiths and blacksmiths shop adjoining the said inn, now in the occupation of Mr James Ward. Premises are all freehold…Ipswich Journal, 15 Jun 1782
A customer, George Clears, had walked 17 miles that day and was tired. He fell asleep in the One Bell and when he awoke his purse was missing…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(1872 BSE Record Office details & Slater's Royal National and Commercial Directory 1850 from Ken Griffin)
