Neptune Inn, Ipswich
Neptune Inn is an historic public house located in Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.[1] The building was originally built around 1490[2] and is grade II* listed.[3]
History
[edit]The building was bought by John Cobbold in 1845. He renovated the building, selling the old fixtures – such as linenfold panelling, an internal canopy, and carved beams – to William Burrell, a Glaswegian antique collector, who added them to the Burrell Collection, where they are to this day.[2]
In 1947 the building was bought by George Bodley Scott, the managing director of W. S. Cowell Ltd.[2] He commissioned the Royal Archaeological Institute to conduct a survey to establish the history of the building. This was conducted in 1951 and extracts appeared in a booklet published by Scott in 1970 entitled The Old Neptune Inn.
A tavern clock dating c.1740 is still in existence, although the movement was replaced in 1950.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Scott, George Bodley (1970). The Old Neptune Inn (PDF). Ipswich: W. S. Cowell Ltd.
- ^ a b c Norman, John (2017). "Ipswich Icons: The history of the former Neptune Inn in Fore Street, Ipswich". No. 23 July 2017. Ipswich Star.
- ^ "86, Fore Street". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ Snowden, Phil. "Ipswich Historic Lettering: Neptune clock". www.ipswich-lettering.co.uk. Borin van Loon. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
