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289 DRAYTON ROAD HELLESDON FULL LICENCE CLOSED 2005
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/2 to PS 1/8/4  (1867 - 1965)
STEWARD & PATTESON First licence issued 1929 - House purchased by S&P 03.07.1931
WATNEY MANN from 1967
COURAGE transferred from Watney Mann 19.01.1972
COLIN WARD from November 1996 `A Wardy's Freehouse'.
G & J DAVIES November 2006
Licensees :
ALFRED ERNEST BAILEY
First licensee
19.11.1929
FREDERICK COULTAS 08.10.1940
FLORENCE COULTAS 03.01.1950
STANLEY CHARLES COULTAS 13.06.1950
ROY WALTER PLEASANTS 06.01.1970
JOHN AMHURST HAWKES &
GEORGE IVAN BROWN
05.02.1974
GEORGE IVAN BROWN 11.03.1975
ANTHONY JOHN CHILCRAFT 10.06.1975
EDWIN ARTHUR CHEESMAN 23.11.1976
BARRY JOHN ANTHONY FENTON 07.02.1978
DOUGLAS RICHARD FAVE-SMITH 13.06.1978
TERRANCE THURLING 14.05.1985
RONALD BLOOM 07.01.1986
MICHAEL St. JOHN EDWARD COOMBS-HOAZ 09.09.1986
ROGER BARHAM 25.11.1986
MICHAEL STOLADY 04.04.1989
MICHAEL STOLADY &
DEBORAH LESLEY WILSON
16.05.1989
JANET SUSAN CHILCRAFT &
JOHN MICHAEL GLOVER
18.09.1990
EDWARD BRIAN KENT &
JOHN MICHAEL GLOVER
11.12.1990
ROBIN ANTHONY DERBYSHIRE 20.08.1991
RAYMOND BULLOCK &
MICHAEL PEARCE
12.11.1991
MICHAEL JOHN ROBERT LORENZ &
DOUGLAS FAIRBROTHER
16.03.1993
MICHEAL LORENZ &
STEPHEN JOHN COOPER
12.12.1993
COLIN ROBERT WARD &
COLIN ROBERT WARD junior
15.10.1996
CATHY BARBER
manager
from 1997
The Galley Hill - 18.02.1996
January 1996


The Galley Hill - 03.08.1988
August 1988

Licence of the COCK, St. Giles removed to these premises 19.11.1929.

Still displaying the original S&P stained glass windows to
the time of closure.
An extreme rarity.

Plans announced January 2003 to convert into
"Multiple occupancy house"
Plans rejected February 2003 since "pub is an important facility which serves many people".

Closed during 2005.

For Sale  - May 2006

Under new ownership by November 2006 and new licence to be considered at Licensing Sub-Committee Tuesday 21st December 2006.
Licence granted, but never reopened as a public house.


Reopened Summer 2008 as a Hairdressers / Beauty Salon.
All Steward & Patteson leaded windows removed.

For Sale as Freehold, January 2019 - a Restaurant.
Price of £645,000 sought.

To become a "Red Balloon" school, as reported August 2022.

The Galley Hill - 1996
1996

  The Norwich Pub Survey of 1986, compiled by the Norwich Society, in association with Norwich City Council, assessed the house:-  
 
Approx date of building Listed Quality Pre-war fittings surviving
External Internal
15th November 1929 No 7 3 No
Interior modernised 1980's.
Stained glass small leaded surround panes showing Wines, Smoke-Room. Spirits etc. S&P Ltd.
1929 is carved in wood on the exterior.