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Rushmere St Andrew Falcon
South East, 52.0691,1.21844
Closed: approx. Jan 2011
opened before 1838
165 Playford Rd, IP5 1DD
grid reference TM 206 460
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
An early 19th century pub located just outside the village, on the outskirts of Ipswich.
It is now closed and has been converted to residential use.
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Falcon's license was issued in 1853, though it's shown on the 1838 OS map, so this was probably just a conversion from a beerhouse license to full one.
One source shows the Falcon at 165 Humber Doucy Lane. This seems to be an error.
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Victorian pub with Formica Watneys beer bar! Children allowed if eating.
Beers: Ind Coope Benskins BBCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Gallery
Bell 0.73 mile
Lattice Barn 1.26 miles
Golf 1.43 miles
Brickmakers' Arms 1.46 miles
Farmhouse 1.47 miles
Royal George 1.55 milesHistorical interest
Rushmere near Ipswich. To be sold by auction at the Running Buck Inn, Ipswich. That old and established and fully licensed Inn known as "The Falcon" and situated on the high road from Ipswich to Playford, in the parish of Rushmere , Ipswich. The house contains cellar, parlour, club room, kitchen, bar, wash house, and five bed rooms. There is a small garden, cart shed and piggeries. Lot 2. An enclosure of productive arable land abutting on the leading from Rushmere village to Playford, and containing three quarters of an acre or thereabouts. Both Lots are of freehold tenure and are in the occupation of Mr Nathan Kennell, as yearly tenant.Ipswich Journal, 1860**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
