89 Wincheap Street / Underdown Row

Canterbury

Above photo, 1960, kindly sent by Tim Timpson.

Above photograph by Edward Wilmot in 1965.

Above image from Google, July 2009.

Above photo taken and sent by Rory Kehoe, September 2017.

Above photo, 22 June 2025, by Rory Kehoe.

Open by 1878 with Charlotte Webb as licensee. In 1965 this was one of 7 inns in the Wincheap area.

October 1969 saw the pub closed and license transferred to the Brewery Secretary and not applied for in 1971. Obviously too many other pubs in the area.

In 2018, after the sad death of Dave Richardson, who launched the Sportsman Cafe in 1987, the premises sat vacant for a while. New owner, Numan Sherifali, ran the cafe for 4 years, before deciding to retire and sell up. The new owner Amir Masomi gave the cafe a total makeover before re-opening it as Big Boys' Pizza.

LICENSEE LIST

PRICE Fras Horn 1847+ ( Westgate Street)

WEBB William 1868-71+ (age 55 in 1871)

WEBB Mrs Charlotte 1874+

BACK William 1881-82+ (age 33 in 1881)

DAVIS Henry 1891-1903+ (age 51 in 1891)

CHANDLER William G 1913+

CHAMP Robert 1917+

FINN Cassell Mr 25/May/1920

KENNETT Frederick 25/May/1920-22+

WOOLLETT F G 1930-38+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/Sportsman.shtml

From Bagshaw Directory 1847

Greens Canterbury Directory 1868

From the Post Office Directory 1874

Census

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Post Office Directory 1891

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From the Post Office Directory 1930

From the Post Office Directory 1938

Historic Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com