android appStowmarket Duke's Head
listed building grade II
last updated Jan 9th, 2022.
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Stowmarket Duke's Head
also traded as White Swan, Cherry Tree
North East, 52.18587,0.99847
closed September 2014
opened about 1660
last owner/operator: Stonegate
Ipswich St, IP14 1AZ
grid reference TM 050 584
The pub is shown here on an OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
This was a busy pub with a good range of food served daily.
The building dates from the late 18th century.
It was reported in the EADT to be closed and boarded up in September 2014 and was still in this state when visited early in 2015.
The pub was found converted into a chain eatery when visited in August 2015.
The adjacent Duke's Head Meadows were a regular venue for travelling cinema shows until they were eventually banned because their projectors were a terrible fire-hazard in the tents they used. The site is now home to the Regal cinema.
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Busy pub with good range of cask beer. Many old photos and artefacts decorate the strangely shaped bar with its rounded end and curved window. A games room is due to open shortly. Happy hour 6-7pm. Mon-Fri.
Beers: Jennings Bitter; Morland Old Speckled Hen; Tetley Bitter; guest beers (independents) CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Gallery
Willow Tree 0.03 mile
Royal Oak 0.06 mile
Fred's Bar & Vinyl 0.10 mile
Queen's Head 0.21 mile
Mill Bar & Grill 0.23 mile
Stag 0.30 mileHistorical interest
Died suddenly at Bath, on the 28th November 1805, aged 58; Mr Edward Simpson, who formerly kept the Dukes Head, Stowmarket.Ipswich Journal, Nov 1805**
Married on the 7th October 1885, Mr Brett of the Duke's Head, Stowmarket, to Mary Ann Savage, widow of the same place.Ipswich Journal, October 1885**
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)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
