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Brandon Five Bells
Brandon Five Bells
South West, 52.44718,0.62416
Closed: 2021
last owner/operator: The Five Bells Public House (Brandon) Ltd
Market Hill, IP27 0AA
grid reference TL 784 864
The pub can be seen on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Sadly closed and converted.
DC/21/0232/FUL
Planning application - change of use from public house (sui generis) to cafe (class E), approved 1 Apr 2021, implemented 25 Sep 2021.
The pub occupies a prominent position on the market square.
Gallery
Historical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
Flint faced building, simply run by attentive landlord. Popular with games teams. No food Sun.
Beer: Greene King XX Mild, IPA.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Historically listed as a commercial hotel.
Mr Edward GREENE is auctioning this public-house, he having determined to have no tied custom: The Five Bells, Brandon, occupied by Mr Robert SNARE.Ipswich Journal, May 25th 1855**
Reopened on Sunday 18 May 2014 after two years being vacant. It has a house ale, and a promises a weekly guest ale too.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1872 BSE Record Office details & Slater's Royal National and Commercial Directory 1850 from Ken Griffin)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.