The Ship Inn Levington

[MikeBz]

... had a(nother) serious fire today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...the-ship-pub-in-levington-suffolk-devastating

I hope they can recover, we always enjoy a walk there along Levington Creek from SYH.

 

[tillergirl]

The local TV news carried a longish piece last night. Pretty awful and now in need of a long rebuild. No news about cause yet but the company talking about starting to make plans.

 

[ditchcrawler]

I had a good meal there last week. According to the reports it is the second time it has had a fire. What a pity.
Perhaps cooking and thatch don’t go together well.

 

[fredrussell]

Perhaps they’ll rename it ‘The Phoenix’ after this rebuild.

 

[johnalison]

The food has yo-yoed over the years. I have had good food there as well as some of the worst. On one occasion I ordered a steak and kidney pie, which you would think was harmless. It came on an oval plate, always a bad sign. On this plate was a small pile of chips and an earthen pot. In this pot was a sort of stew, covered by a beige layer that was entirely separate and had been plonked there, and was in any case uneatable or even breakable. To the side was another pile of salad! I think the chips were OK. I has been a nice pub and I hope it recovers.

 

[gertha]

Maybe the pub will close and 4 very expensive houses will replace it.
Could be a way to make more money than selling dubious steak and kidney pie.

 

[johnalison]

Maybe the pub will close and 4 very expensive houses will replace it.
Could be a way to make more money than selling dubious steak and kidney pie.

The S&K pie was many years ago. I wouldn't want to cast aspersions on any recent tenants.

 

[Kukri]

It had a brilliant spell before the first fire; it was never as good after that. I seem to think it’s an Adnams tied house?

 

[Denek]

We were there on Friday night. Didn’t eat but very nice pint. Very sad as we were intending to make this a regular watering hole. Where do you go now fromSYH?

 

[John 32i]

We were there on Friday night. Didn’t eat but very nice pint. Very sad as we were intending to make this a regular watering hole. Where do you go now fromSYH?

New tennants in the Lightship - not been in yet but hopefully better food and ambience :encouragement:

 

[Lucky Duck]

Not the Haven Ports Yacht Club any more?

 

[John 32i]

Not the Haven Ports Yacht Club any more?

Still HPYC but the committee felt that new blood was needed....Katy in the kitchen and Andy behind the bar!

 

[Dan Tribe]

Maybe the pub will close and 4 very expensive houses will replace it.
Could be a way to make more money than selling dubious steak and kidney pie.

I hope that doesn't happen. It seems that as more people move to live in attractive areas, the more attractions are lost. You are unlikely to hear people say "let's have a day out in Suffolk to look at the lovely new housing estates"

 

[Kukri]

There is no pub in Nacton and there never has been, because the local landowners - the Vernons and the Brokes - when not producing Naval heroes were strongly opposed to the Demon Drink.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vernon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Broke

So, if the hPYC doesn't suit, a long walk to Trimley is indicated...

 

[Cobra]

Maybe the pub will close and 4 very expensive houses will replace it.
Could be a way to make more money than selling dubious steak and kidney pie.

I can think of two Waterside watering holes that have suffered a somewhat similar fate in Brightlingsea!

The Anchor which used to be a lively and thriving pub right on Brightlingsea hard was allowed to run down by a person of shall we say reputation. It was subsequently closed, put up for sale and converted into 5 'luxury' flats. At least the structure of this beautiful old building is still intact!

The Sun just back from the hard, same person as above bought it and changed it from a pub that was heaving virtually every night of the week into the pub that no one in their right mind bothered about. It was closed, but being a listed building it couldn't be pulled down. It 'caught fire' one night and all that was left was the fireplace which I understand has had to be incorporated into one of the new houses that have sprung up on the site.

Then there was the mysterious fire that started on the site of the old James & Stone shipyard...you know...the site we now call Cell Block H. OK, now that was an eyesore, but why replace an eyesore with an eyesore?

Cynical? Me? Never!

 

[MikeBz]

The Anchor which used to be a lively and thriving pub right on Brightlingsea hard was allowed to run down by a person of shall we say reputation. It was subsequently closed, put up for sale and converted into 5 'luxury' flats. At least the structure of this beautiful old building is still intact!

From what I hear it's in need of considerable remedial work. I wonder what the chances are of getting the sort of money required out of the leaseholders. Shame, it is a beautiful building. Time was when it was the place of choice to sit in the sun and drink lager if you were a tattooed near-shaven-headed powerboater up from Romford for the weekend.

 

[johnalison]

From what I hear it's in need of considerable remedial work. I wonder what the chances are of getting the sort of money required out of the leaseholders. Shame, it is a beautiful building. Time was when it was the place of choice to sit in the sun and drink lager if you were a tattooed near-shaven-headed powerboater up from Romford for the weekend.

Our children got to know the bench outside very well while we sheltered from the rain inside and enjoyed our drinks. Powerboats hadn't then been invented and it was the water-ski boats that bothered us when we were trying to ground gently on the scrubbing-posts.