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Rougham Bennet Arms (Bennett Arms)
Rougham Bennet Arms (Bennett Arms)
formerly Bennet's Arms
North West, 52.22144,0.80508
Cask Ale is sold here.
1 Kingshall St., IP30 9LH
grid reference TL 917 618
owner/operator: Admiral Taverns (formerly Hawthorn Leisure) / Metro Inns
Traditional village pub. Food takeaway service throughout opening hours.
Close to the village centre, this is a former Greene King house which became free of tie late-2014/early-2015.
Facilities
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Railway station about 2.0 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Greene King
no real aleCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Landlords
Footnote
The Bennet family lived at Rougham Hall during the 19th cent. Philip Bennet was reputedly the last family member to own the house which was of Gothic and Elizabeathan styles. Capt Geoffrey Bennet (winning jockey of the 1923 Grand National riding on Sgt Murphy) was born at Rougham Hall. Sadly the house was the victim of a stray German bomb in WW2 that was probably intended for the nearby airfield. The 2000lb bomb exploded in the courtyard, destroying the foundations of the property. Chimneys fell through the roof, walls fell down and the place has since been left in ruins.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)