Photo above: Dog in shop doorway next to Foundry Arms, whose signboard can just be seen on first floor. The Rutland Arms is three buildings along, next to lamp post.
The building was compulsory purchased in 1960, for demolition to make way for new roundabout.
Circa 1815, James Robinson was the first recorded licensee. Later landlords were: 1827James Ward. 1840, Enoch Evans. 1846, Joseph Brown. 1850, George Collis. 1854, Joseph Cox, followed by Anne Cox until 1887.
During the Cox’s time a theft was committed in Leicester. It was traced to the Foundry Arms where a prostitute and her accomplice in the theft were found in bed together, (3 March 1860),
also during the Cox’s tenure the pub was used as a lodging house. Described as a beer house, it contained bar, parlour, tap, kitchen and cellars, and also had its own brewhouse.
In 1887, Charles Newton was landlord. 1892, George Marsh. 1895, Benjamin Robertson and 1900 Henry Worley. He seemed to be the last licensee, the Foundry closing sometime after 1903.