android appThornham Magna Four Horseshoes
opening hours
- Mon-Sun: 1100-2130
food times
- Mon-Thu: 1200-1500, 1800-2100
- Fri-Sat: 1200-1500, 1800-2130
- Sun: 1200-2030
regular cask ales
- Greene King IPA [H]
- Morland Old Speckled Hen [H]
guest beers
This pub serves 1 guest ale.
listed building grade II*
Local licensing authority for Thornham Magna is Mid Suffolk
CAMRA Mid-Anglia branch.
last updated Nov 4th, 2023.
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Thornham Magna Four Horseshoes
formerly Horseshoes
South East, 52.29434,1.08421
Cask Ale is sold here.
Wickham Road, Thornham Magna, IP23 8HD
grid reference TM 104 707
bar / diner, opened 1150
owner/operator: Greene King
Attractive, rambling, thatched building dating from about 1150. Today much of the internal space is used for dining but the bar still offers up to four beers. Much woodwork is exposed. A well is located in one part of the bar. Disabled toilet. Local legend tells of a tunnel running from here to the nearby Stoke Ash White Horse, though we understand no evidence exists for it. In 2008 at the age of 19, Tom Parkhurst took over the pub & was then thought to be the youngest publican in the county.
Local legend tells of a tunnel running from here to the nearby Stoke Ash White Horse, though we understand no evidence exists for it.
Although the building is said to date from about 1150, the Listed Buildings Register dates it from mid to late 15th century.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome: In bar area
Evening meals
Family friendly
Function room available to hire: 2
Live music
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Newspapers available
Parking
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
Real fire
Restaurant or separate dining area
Smoking area
Traditional pub games available
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Diss: 6.6 miles (10.6km)
White Horse 0.54 mile
Walnut Tree 1.77 miles
Black Horse 2.1 miles
Railway Tavern 2.4 miles
King's Head 3.0 miles
Trowel & Hammer 3.1 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Old English Pub Co
Attractive rambling thatched building, dating from c.1150. Original timbering has been left in situ to create small, cosy areas. Although accommodation and food form a large part of the trade, drinkers are also made welcome. One beam bears the motto ‘when you have lost your inns drown your empty selves for you have seen the last of England’. Up to three well kept guest beers.
Beers: Adnams Bitter; SCo Courage Best, Directors; guest beers (independents & micros)CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, February 16th 1765*** to the Horse-Shoe in Thornham.
It's also listed at Clay Lane in 1861
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)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
