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Bridge Street Rose & Crown
Bridge Street Rose & Crown
also traded as Rose
North West, 52.10861,0.74137
Closed: mid-2012
A134, CO10 9BQ
grid reference TL 878 491
It can be seen here on an old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The building dates from the early 19th century. After a period of closure the pub reopened in August 2010 as a restaurant with a bar, but finally closed for good mid-2012.
the original street was bypassed by the A134, so the front of the pub faces away from the road.
Historically it is often listed in Long Melford, as the hamlet of Bridge Street is partly in that parish.
Gallery
Historical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
This roadside pub provides a good stopping point for both beer and food. Steak & Kidney Pie a speciality.
Beer: Greene King IPA, AbbotCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be sold or lett, a Publick-House, well known by the Sign of the Rose, on Bridge-Street, in the Parish of Long Melford, with a convenient Yard, Stables, and Brewhouse, with a good Pump, at the yearly Rent of £6. Enquire at the Dolphin, in the Cook Row, Bury St Edmunds.Ipswich Journal, April 30th 1757***
The Sign of the Rose and Crown in Bread-Street, Long Melford, occupied by Jon Stribling, the Stock in the Common Brewhouse, Beer, with 300 Comb of fine Malt, is to be sold…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.