android appSpexhall Huntsman & Hounds
opening hours
- Mon: 1130-1500, 1630-2200
- Tue-Wed: 1130-1500, 1700-2200
- Thu: closed
- Fri-Sat: 1130-2230
- Sun: 1200-1700
food times
- Mon-Wed: 1200-1400, 1800-2000
- Thu: closed
- Fri-Sat: 1200-1400, 1800-2030
- Sun: 1200-1600
regular cask ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
- Earl Soham Victoria Bitter [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
source: Regional
listed building grade II*
Local licensing authority for Spexhall is East Suffolk
CAMRA North-East Suffolk branch.
last updated Jun 7th, 2020.
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Spexhall Huntsman & Hounds
formerly Hare & Hounds, Chequers
South East, 52.38986,1.49982
Cask Ale is sold here.
Stone St, IP19 0RN
grid reference TM 382 826
bar / diner, opened 1492
This 500 year old half timbered former coaching inn offers home cooked food and three real ales. The frame of the building separates the pub into several separate, though connected, areas. There is a paved terrace leading to a large garden area with trees and its own pond.
Facilities
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Smoking area
Special events: Quiz nights
Traditional pub games available
WiFi available
Railway station about 2.9 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Brampton: 2.9 miles (4.7km)
Racehorse Inn 1.70 miles
Buck 2.4 miles
YouDrink Bottle Shop & Taproom 3.1 miles
White Hart 3.2 miles
Angel 3.2 miles
White Swan 3.3 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: free
500 year old half timbered building. Collection of keys mounted on the beams in the bar. Good value accommodation.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; guest beer (occasional)CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The licensing records show the pub as the "Hare & Hounds" from the 1870s until the 1960s. The change of name is recorded in the 1960-1967 records, but they don't say exactly when this happened. It seems as if the "Huntsman & Hounds" name may originally have been an unofficial name for the pub, as the licensing records show that the license of the "Huntsman & Hounds" was transferred to the executors of Maria Reynolds on December 10th 1878. But the 1879 licensing records again show it as the "Hare & Hounds".…
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)
*** The book actually says Harleston, but this is obviously an error.
**** In 1891-92 Whites Directory both pub names are listed with different landlords? Possibly the directory editors got confused by the changing name.
