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265 Sturry Road
Canterbury
Above picture showing the remains of the "Bricklayer's Arms" in 1907. |
Active in 1887 when it was purchased by Rigdens, knocked down and rebuilt
the following year, however, a fire in 1907 saw the premises rebuilt a
second time, and this time when it opened the name had changed to the
"Rising Sun." Or
perhaps, according to the passage below, it was already the "Rising
Sun" at the time of the fire.
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From the Kentish Chronicle, 12 September, 1863.
ANNUAL LICENSING DAY.
Notwithstanding the existence of 160 licensed houses for the sale of spirits
in Canterbury, at the city annual licensing day, on Thursday, there were
seven applications made for new licenses, three only were sanctioned, viz.,
to the “Tally Ho,” Notley street; “Dolphin,” St, Radigund’s street; and the
“Bricklayers’ Arms,” Sturry-road. The old licenses were all renewed, those
parties who during the year had been summoned for misconducting their houses
being cautioned by the magistrates.
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From the Kentish Chronicle, 26 September, 1863.
Warner v. Dunk.
This was a claim for 15s. for rent due at 1s. 6d. per week, and the
plaintiff also sought the power of the Court to get rid of his tenant.
Plaintiff is landlord of the “Bricklayers' Arms” beer-shop, at the corner of
Church-street, St. Mildred's, in this city, and had let to the defendant a
room at the back of his premises, for which he (the defendant) agreed to pay
the above rental, and did so for a few weeks, but then set up a claim of
ownership of the whole estate. Mr. Warner, however, not liking Dunk either
as landlord or tenant, sought the aid of the County Court to get rid of him
in either capacity, and also to compel payment of the arrears of rent due
according to agreement made.
Mr. Delasaux appeared for the defendant, and stated that the premises
evidently did once belong to his client’s family, and that no clear title to
the estate could be shown by any other claimant.
His Honour said the title to the estate could not be pleaded in that Court;
it was shown that the plaintiff was the tenant of other parties, and had
hired to defendant this part of the tenement, for which he has a right to be
paid, and also to obtain re-possession by giving the required notice, and
which as plaintiff he had already done. Consequently the verdict for the
plaintiff was recorded.
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Kentish Gazette, 15 March, 1870.
Beer House Offence.
Wm. Mackenzie, landlord of the “Brick Makers Arms,” Sturry Road, was
fined 20s. and 9s. costs for having on Sunday, the 6th instant, sold
beer during prohibited hours.
The case was proved by Inspector Andrews.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 19 March 1870.
PUBLICAN'S OFFENCE.
William McKemsey, landlord of the "Bricklayer's Arms," Sturry Road, was
charged with opening his house for the sale of beer at a prohibited
time, viz., twenty minutes to eleven in the morning of Sunday last.
Inspector Andrews said that after various endeavours on the part of the
police to detect the defendant, several complaints having been made to
them, he succeeded in doing so on this occasion when he found in the
house three men with some beer before them. The landlord had been in the
habit of keeping a watch for the police, and when witness spoke to him
about the offence, defendant observed that if he had been up to business
he should have seen him coming.
The defendant was represented by his wife, who admitted the offence, and
the Bench inflicted a fine of £1; costs, 9s.
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From http://freespace.virgin.net/sue.palin/
A disastrous fire occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning, 17th
March 1907, when the Rising Sun public house in Sturry Road, Canterbury
was completely gutted. Mr Legge, who was the licensee, locked up the
premises at 11pm the previous evening, but was awakened at about a
quarter to four by smoke fumes. He hastily aroused his stepdaughter,
Miss Cashford, and his granddaughter. They rushed out onto the roof of
the house porch, dressed in their night attire and were quickly helped
down by some people who had arrived on the scene. A few moments after
their prompt escape, the plate glass window in the bar at the front
broke and flames burst out, soon engulfing the whole building. The
outbreak of the fire was attributed to the smouldering and eventual
bursting into flames of sawdust on the floor in the public bar, caused
by the thoughtless throwing down of a lighted match or the knocking out
of ashes from a pipe. |
LICENSEE LIST
WARNER Mr 1863+
McKEMSEY/MACKENZIE William 1870+
Whitstable Times
and Herne Bay Herald
Kentish
Chronicle
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