A beer house that stood on the south east side of Christow Street, at no. 45.
Built circa 1866, by the 25th of January 1868 the White House was held by Susan Marriott and had been put up for sale, complete with skittle alley. On the 5th of December 1868, it was put up for sale again (here it was noted that it had been built in the last three years), with James Newton Fletcher in occupancy.
In July 1874, landlord Samuel Curtis charged with having thirty to forty people in his beer house, many of them drunk. When approached by a policeman, Curtis replied ‘people who keep Public Houses are obliged to serve drunken people from time to time’, as he had been warned before, Curtis was fined 21/- or fourteen days.
The licence application was refused later in 1874.
By 1883, Samuel Mills was classed as beer retailer, which suggests a beer off-licence.
January 31st 1868, Leicester Journal.
1890 John Rosevear was licensee at the beer retailers, Rosevear a name that crops up many times as Leicester licensees. 1890 George Dewick, 1898 Mrs Alice Dewick is licensee, 1900 John Rosevear again listed at no 45. 1920 John Ironside. 1939 Lillian Lount aged 38 was running the offie, her husband Percy listed as a gardener with Richard Charles Lount aged 5 plus a 73 year old OAP, Maria, were living there.
(The information on the Lounts was kindly sent to me by Micheal Parker who came across whilst researching his family they are all from my family branch) Thanks Micheal, Barry Lount.
During my family history research I have found a George Dewick listed at 45 Christow Street in Wright’s Directory of Leicestershire, under the category “Beer Retailers – Outdoor”.
Do you have any further information on this ‘beer house’ or its’ occupants?
Hi Hope, yes a George Dewick and wife Alice kept the White House (above) in the 1890’s, the Dewick family held many licences s in Leicester, see the Salmon and Arcade Vaults, not sure which George your ancestor is yet as there were at least three Georges, needs more family history research,