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HORSE & DRAY NORWICH H index
137 BER STREET St JOHN SEPULCHRE -  CLOSED
COURAGE from 1971
ADNAMS from 1977
Licensees :
ROBERT GOFF 1977
MABEL GLENNORA GOFF 10.01.1978
MICHAEL BRITTEN 05.09.1978
KENNETH DAVID WILKES 20.11.1979
DAVID CYRIL GREEN 18.03.1980
CHRISTOPHER HIGGINS 27.03.1984
STANLEY THOMPSON
died January 1991		 04.04.1989
SANDRA THOMPSON
(Sandy)		 19.03.1991
PAUL ARTHUR ALLEN 07.06.1994
DARREN ANDREW GOTTS 18.07.2000
MAL CHAPMAN 18.03.2004
JAMES TEDDER 05.2005
LINDSAY MAHER 01.2006
Closed 07.2006 - 2007
LEANNE FREEMAN & JAMIE KERR 10.2007

1985
1985

The BLUE LAST pre 1802 then the BULLS HEAD to 1938.
The DART to 1977

Address as 135 Ber Street before 1980.

Closed June 2006.
.
"Loosing £700 per week due to lack of trade",
according to Eastern Daily Press 21.06.2006

Owners Adnams said not to be taking on new tenant.

But rumours 24.06.06
That the house will survive...

RE-OPENED OCTOBER 2007

CLOSED by October 2010 and converted to a Chinese Restaurant by 2011.
  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
18th C and later * No 4 4 Yes
< * In spite of the information sheet advising that the house is not listed, the report says that it is listed>
Extensive alterations in 1920's completely obscuring the 18thC origin of the building.
Internal wall demolished to create larger lounge bar area.
Original 18th C windows in side and rear of building.
Two late 19th C tiled fireplaces, possibly a convincing composition of genuine old tilework and modern period reproduction metal surround.
Original massive structural beams in ceilings of both bars.