Neptune Inn, Ipswich
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Neptune Inn is an historic
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located in
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,
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, England. The building was originally built around 1490 and is grade II* listed.


History

The building was bought by John Cobbold in 1845. He renovated the building, selling the old fixtures – such as
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, an internal canopy, and carved beams – to William Burrell, a Glaswegian antique collector, who added them to the
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, where they are to this day. In 1947 the building was bought by George Bodley Scott, the managing director of W. S. Cowell Ltd. He commissioned the
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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
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was replaced in 1950.


References


External links

* {{coords, 52.0531, 1.1613, display=title Grade II* listed buildings in Ipswich Alexandra Ward, Ipswich Pubs in Ipswich Cobbold pubs Grade II* listed pubs in Suffolk