android appSpexhall Huntsman & Hounds
opening hours
- Mon-Wed: 1130-1500, 1700-2300
- Thu: closed
- Fri-Sat: 1130-2300
- Sun: 1200-2000
food times
- Mon-Wed: 1200-1400, 1800-2030
- Thu: closed
- Fri: 1200-1400, 1800-2030
- Sat: 1200-1400, 1800-2100
- Sun: 1200-1900
regular real ales
- Adnams Southwold Bitter [H]
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
Real Ale is sold here.
Stone St, IP19 0RN
grid reference TM 382 826
bar / diner, opened 1492
This 500 year old half timbered pub offers good cuisine in the spacious interior. Sometimes still referred to as the Chequers (see historical info tab for more information).
Facilities
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Pub sells beer from local brewers
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate bar
Smoking area
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)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Racehorse Inn 1.70 miles
Plough 2.3 miles
Triple Plea 2.3 miles
Buck 2.4 miles
St Peter's Hall 3.3 miles
Horseshoes 3.5 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
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".
Various historic records also show a pub called the Chequers located in Spexhall…
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.
